What brings you close to God?  Are you inspired by conviction, the personal whisper of the Holy Spirit through expository?  Does the glory of the created world instantly remind you of God’s Creative Majesty?  Do you see His smile in the laughter of small children, reminding you of His presence in their innocence?  What brings you into fellowship with the Almighty?  Do you hear His voice, calling, directing, leading you to relationship or do you search His Word for that moment when He reveals wisdom through discernment?  Do you know Him, can you approach Him, do you follow, obey, love and reconcile your thoughts, actions and worries at the throne of Grace?  Does He discipline you, do you miss it when He doesn’t?

Are you drawn to congregation with other believers or do you avoid them, seeking your own brand of worship, study and accountability?  Does His Word linger in your mind, rolling over, recycling, taunting, changing and sponsoring your next thought or action?  Do you find comfort in the tragedy, the fire, the snare, trial or trouble, because you know that He is right beside you, or do you seek to escape any trouble and be returned to comfort’s bosom?

What purpose does God serve in your life?  Is He a listening post, designed to hear your deepest cries for mercy and relief?  Is He another spirit,  a lantern upon which you rub in hope of reaching your greatest achievable wishes?  Is He a friend, a confidante, a Brother?  Does His Yoke weigh heavy upon your spirit?  Is God a fearful giant, one who will reach out and cause your great difficulty if you fall short of holiness?  Is He the voice of condemnation or does His opinion matter much of anything?  Do you speak to God daily or is it only when you need Him that you find it necessary to inquire of His intervention?  What part does He play in your script?  Or are you playing the role which He designed for You in the revelation of His Kingdom to mankind?

Don’t you want to know, after all, didn’t you tell me that you are a Christian, saved by grace, forgiven and reconciled to God?  What does that mean if it means anything at all, shouldn’t we know?  Shouldn’t we be “ready to give a defense of our faith”?  Where do we end up at the end of the last scene, on some puffy cloud, some distant planet a inexplicable place called heaven?  Wouldn’t it astound you to know that we serve the living God and that we will live with God in the Holy City of New Jerusalem, here on Earth, after its remaking?  What, I never heard that.  Then my friend you ought to read the last chapters of Revelation, I recommend picking it up at around Chapter 20.  What is reconciliation, relationship and fellowship if we don’t have to know God to say we have them?