Day One: Real Relationship

There are countless books that remark on the characteristics of God, our understanding of God in relation to our lives, how to use our God-given gifts, etc. Something we mustn’t skip, though, or feel to be irrelevant or less important, is the simple seeking of our Saviour.

I say ‘simple’, but sometimes that’s so far from the truth, though, isn’t it? Sometimes one of the hardest things to do is to sit at Jesus’ feet and be still – to worship him, to adore him.

This devotional is all about the how and why of the study of God himself. Not as some form of dry study for study’s sake, of course, but because our relationship with Jesus is the most important we’ll ever have. I don’t propose to be able to cover it all in one devotional, but I do want to give us a foundation from which we can continually draw strength.

As we go through these few days together, you’ll note that the so-called ‘study’ of God isn’t a means to an end or a box to be ticked, but the very lifeblood of what makes us who we are.

The closer we get to God, the more we’ll understand ourselves. We’re made in his image after all, and so it makes sense that in knowing our creator more intimately, we allow ourselves to be more fully known.

What’s incredible, though, is that that is just a bonus, an add-on, a free gift – because, as I pray you’ll discover as you go through this study, what is of most value in the seeking of our Saviour, is that we might actually find him there.

As we read in Acts 17:26-27, he is not far from us, and my prayer as we go through these next few days together is that as we sit at his feet, we’ll know that to be true.