The Safest Distance

How close do you drive to someone ahead of you on the road? It does make a difference if you are driving on the highway, on good old suburbia roads, or on roads in the country side. Yes, we must stay at a safe distance which will then allow us enough time to react, hit brakes or swerve out of the way when something drastic happens. When too close we are in danger of becoming a statistic or even worse, dead.

We keep at the safest distance. But we do that with God as well. Why do I say this now? Let's first read the verse; "Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Many times in our lives we remain a small distance from God. He is in our sights but not too close. Maybe He wants to lead us and guide us into what He sees as our calling, but we remain afar.

Then there are the times when we need help, but because we remain at a distance from God, we run to others for help. God is extending His hand to help us but we miss it because of the 'safe distance' we maintain. Again, we mess up. With God we should not have a distance to keep or remain safe. The distance between us and God should be at full contact, hand in hand, face to face. That's where God wants us. Nothing drastic will happen when we are 'bumper-on-bumper' with Him.

Seek His mercy and find that loving grace He wants us to receive and keep by remaining up close and personal with Him. Don't live at a safe distance! That will definitely lead to disaster. Be blessed ...