"Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your
hearts, you double-minded."
(JAMES 4:8)

James 4
How can we begin to close the cavernous gap between us and God? The first thing that needs to change about us is that we need to come clean. Like the child who stops covering up because his mom seems to see right through him, we must realize that we cannot hide anything from God. He already knows our comings and our goings both for now and forever (see psalm 139). He knows our innermost thoughts and secrets – things we sometimes barely acknowledge to ourselves. To come clean before Him means that we come to Him with the full realization that we are unworthy. We are spiritually bankrupt.


Submitting to God involves openly admitting we are sinners. As we lay our failures before Him, our hearts change from filthy rags to beautiful gems, purified of all unrighteousness. In forgiveness God speaks His love to us and purifies our hearts all the more, washing us in the pools of His grace.


God has so much to offer…more than our minds could ever conceive, and nothing that this world could give.



Scripture Focus

James 4

Insight

DO YOU FEEL CLOSE TO GOD? IS YOUR HEART AVAILABLE TO BE FILLED WITH HIS LOVE? WHAT HINDERS YOUR CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?

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