The Lord is near

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145: 18

The whole of Psalm 145 is a wonderful psalm of praise extolling the Lord. From this psalm come the wonderful words that the Lord is gracious and compassionate; slow to anger and rich in love The Lord is good to all, he has compassion on all he has made.

There can be times when we feel like God is far off and usually these will be times when we have made mistakes, sinned or just done something we are not proud of. We may even have forgotten or chickened out of doing something we should have done.

It is at moments like this we need to remember the Lord is near. We may feel we have moved away from God but God never moves away from us. We may be turning our head away in shame or frustration at our shortcomings but God is right there lifting our head to look into his eyes and he wants us to see the encouragement and compassion he has for us, in the midst of our mistakes. So often we see success and failure in terms of what we do or don’t do and God wants to remind us today that who we are is what matters. We are God’s chosen children, holy and dearly loved (Colossians 3:12). We are not failures, we are not disappointments, and God is not shaking his head at us in sorrow at our shortcomings. God’s eyes are burning with love and compassion for us.

Take heart child of God. Call out to God in truth, repent if necessary, forgive anyone if needed including yourself and stand tall as a precious, precious child of God. The Lord is near; feel his hand of encouragement on you today, right now, in Jesus’ Name.