"Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
Doctrine and Covenants 88:63
I like the idea here that we need to seek Christ diligently. I think sometimes we get it into our heads that a relationship with God should be effortless--that God is basically a Genie, granting wishes whenever we conjure him up, and then we can safely put him back away until the next crisis. Instead, we have to deal with God on a whole different level--as a being with different goals and priorities than our own. In other words, we have to treat him like a person. :) Luckily, with God we have the advantage of knowing already that he loves us and wants the best for us. Now, of course we can't use that knowledge to get him to do what we want, as people do sometimes. We have to work on a healthy relationship, not a manipulative one.
Coming unto Christ takes effort, consistently over time. It is a changing of our hearts and our thoughts and our selves, not a one-time event. Today, let's work on our concept of God, and rather than assuming what he is based on our flawed understanding of other people's experiences, let's go to him directly in prayer, seeking diligently to know him ourselves. As we do, we will find him and learn of him, getting to know him, his love for us, and his plan. Then we can make better-informed choices about our eternal futures. :)
Doctrine and Covenants 88:63
I like the idea here that we need to seek Christ diligently. I think sometimes we get it into our heads that a relationship with God should be effortless--that God is basically a Genie, granting wishes whenever we conjure him up, and then we can safely put him back away until the next crisis. Instead, we have to deal with God on a whole different level--as a being with different goals and priorities than our own. In other words, we have to treat him like a person. :) Luckily, with God we have the advantage of knowing already that he loves us and wants the best for us. Now, of course we can't use that knowledge to get him to do what we want, as people do sometimes. We have to work on a healthy relationship, not a manipulative one.
Coming unto Christ takes effort, consistently over time. It is a changing of our hearts and our thoughts and our selves, not a one-time event. Today, let's work on our concept of God, and rather than assuming what he is based on our flawed understanding of other people's experiences, let's go to him directly in prayer, seeking diligently to know him ourselves. As we do, we will find him and learn of him, getting to know him, his love for us, and his plan. Then we can make better-informed choices about our eternal futures. :)
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