Chasing After You

Actively pursuing God is not something you do alone. Sometimes we picture God as the Father of the prodigal son, waiting patiently for His child. Don't get me wrong. It is a good parable and Jesus is very smart. But think about it another way. If the great omni-present God were to wait for you, where would He wait? Is He able to stand at your doorstep and wait for you to come back to Him? Yes, but what if your homecoming doesn't happen at your doorstep? What if it happens at your church or school or on the subway? Wherever and Whenever it happens, God is there to welcome you with open arms.  God loves you with an everlasting love and with loving kindness He draws us to Himself. But it's deeper than that. What about when you don't feel like being with God, when you feel like doing your own thing? Is God's hand to short to reach you? Have you been completely shut off from grace? No! God still provides grace and instances seen and unseen of loving kindness in which He draws us to Himself. It was made clear to me this evening at a prayer meeting @ CCC. I was brought to the startling realization that the sermon was for me, for the strengthening of my prayer life and no one could have benefited from that service tonight like I did. He is drawing me in only a way that I could recognize, that is sufficient for me. No, I cannot give up because while I sinned Christ died for and insists on chasing after ungodly me.