Oh, for a closer walk with God!

Oh, for a closer walk with God! O for a deeper relationship with my father! Oh! That there would be no thought, no sin, no doubt, no fear, no temptation that would hinder me from a closer, deeper, more fulfilling relationship with my Redeemer, my Savior, my Lord!

That I, a poor needy human, could find a personal relationship with my Lord, is a thought too high for me. It is too wonderful; I cannot fathom it. I cannot begin to comprehend the love the Creator has for me that he would stoop so low, as to die for me. And that death being solely that I might be at peace with him and that I might once more commune as a son to my Father.

O sinner, why will you continue in sin that will estrange you from a relationship with your Lord? O sinner, why will you choose fleeting earthly pleasures over the deep fulfillment of a relationship with your Lord? Oh, that all men could commune with their Savior as friend with friend! How long will you wait, seeking after dust and straw, when Christ offers his love? How long will you desire temporal pleasures that fade so soon? How long will you seek death, when life and joy await? O that all humanity would seize from self and sin, and all men would know the heart of God!

Earthly words fail me, I am encumbered by the use of them to describe the ecstasy, the fulfillment, of a relationship with Christ. There is a spring in the desert, there is new life after a death, in the midst of turmoil and war, there is now found peace. Instead of loneliness and solitude, life is brightened by the dearest and closest friend a soul could have. This friendship is everlasting, there is no end, but from you. Christ waits for you to pledge your allegiance, he will never fail.

So, dear soul, why would you shun this relationship, this closeness? Oh, dear brother who once knew this love, why would you depart from it? Why oh why would you walk away from everlasting life? Why would you end a perpetual relationship by searching for straw to satisfy you? Why would you leave the house of plenty, the land bread and wine, to wander in a solitary wilderness and the burning desert? Why would anyone trade gold and silver for dust and ashes?

That we might draw nearer to God! Almighty Father, Creator and Redeemer! How I long for the day when my relationship with you will be made perfect! How my heart yearns to no more feel the pull of this earthly chaff. I desire to renew my relationship daily, walking with God in the cool of the day, meeting him alone. Not unlike, but far greater than a man with a woman, this relationship transcends all earthly desires. It transcends far above this life and its care.

No human on earth will ever realize the fullest possible depth of a relationship with the Father, and every human can go ever deeper, ever closer in his walk with God.