Connecting With Jesus
Do you know that God loves you more than anything else. Regardless of where you have been or what you have done, God wants a relationship with you. The Bible tells us, “God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins” (1 John 4:9-10, NLT).
You can connect with Him in the following way: First, admit that you are not perfect. In other words, you have sinned. So have I. The Bible tells us that we are all sinners and separated from God – “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard” (Romans 3:23, NLT). Since we are all sinners, we need to let God change the direction of our lives. We all tend to go our own way. Again, the Bible says “All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all” (Isaiah 53:6, NLT). The word the Bible uses for changing directions is repentance. It simply means that we quit running from God and turn towards Him.
Second, quit trying to get there on your own. We can never be good enough to be right with God. Having a relationship with God is more than doing good things, believing right doctrine, or being a religious person. We must accept Jesus by faith and surrender ourselves to Him. Again, to quote the Bible, “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it” (Ephesians 2:8-9, NLT).
Third, surrender your life to Jesus and accept Him as Lord. Did you notice that in many of the passages above, Jesus died for our sin? He paid the price for us to be right with God. We need to accept Him and what He has done, and allow Him to control our lives. The book of Romans says, “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved” (Romans 10:9-10, NLT).
You can ask Jesus in right now. If you pray to invite Him in, He will come (Romans 10:13). He is waiting to connect with you right now. We would love to help you any way we can. Please let us know of your decision and how we might help you grow.
