why is it so hard for me to approach the throne of God?
Hebrews 4:16 says, “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace in our time of need.”
i just find it so hard to approach the throne. i understand the fact that i am a sinner, BUT i am redeemed/made clean/sinless by the blood of Christ Jesus, so why is it so hard for me to approach the throne of God.
maybe there are just spells/seasons that believers go through. some days i am doing awesome. jesus and i are tight. there are honestly days where it seems like i am in the presence of God all day long. then there are other days that it seems like there is no chance to be in the presence of God. i guess that is where faith comes in.
i just need to remember that Jesus himself made it possible for me to enter the presence of God by His death on the cross. i need to, at every possible chance, take advantage of His sacrifice and enter the presence of God.
*day two of the H2O project and im doing good.
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September 5, 2007 at 6:17 am
Todd Stadler
I guess the question is: when things seem different between God and us than they were before, who changed? (I mean, the answer is obvious, and I know you know it, but considering the question is useful.)
Is God a god of ever-new mercies? Did Jesus’ death pay for all of our sins, or just some of them? If all of them, is there any reason God would give for keeping us away from him? Or does he love us completely and sent his son for us, to bring us to him?
Feelings are tricky. And, since they’re quite human and as such corrupted by our sinful flesh, they’re meaningless when compared to God’s never-changing word. If your feelings are telling you God is far from you, but God tells you that you have peace with Him through Jesus, through whom we have access by faith into this grace IN WHICH WE NOW STAND, well, then forget feelings!
Not that that makes the bad days go away. But it may help to remember that there is someone who wants us to feel like we can’t stand in God’s presence, but it’s not God.