Theology

Near or Far?

D. L. Webster


…What I realize now as I look back on it is that I also felt very distant from our great and Holy God. It was as though I felt like He could not be defiled by my sinful, fallen, human hands. So, while I praised Him for His grace in electing and saving me, I was still left with a sense of great distance between He and I…

…It seemed as though all these speakers intended to do was display the magnificence of Christ and lead us to embrace our unity with Him. To yearn for Him, search for Him, and feast on Him as never before.

This reconciliation between myself and Christ was much more than just sensing a closeness to Him. I realized the powerful truth that Christ is IN me and I am IN Him. Words cannot express…