He Wants Us to Want Him

Does anyone remember that old song, "I want you to want me"? Well, I'm not sure about the lyrics,  but the title could be the subtitle to the Holy Bible.  God's greatest desire is for us, His favored creation,  to earnestly desire Him. Reading through the scriptures,  you can hear His voice calling down through the corridors of time, declaring His love for us in millions of ways, and asking for that love to be reciprocated. In fact, that is the main reason for our existence: loving our Creator. He tells us that if we will take steps towards Him,  He will come to us (James 4:8). Drawing near to God may sound intimidating, but nothing could be further from the truth.  All you have to know is how to speak. He is there, waiting for you to ask, seek, knock. He is your Father,  he adores you.  He has waited for unknown millions of years to have you confide in Him. First Chronicles 28:9 tells us to know God, that if we look for Him, He will be found by us. There is no place you can go where God cannot be found. Wherever you are,  whatever you've been through or done, God wants you. He loves you,  and He desperately wants you to know and love Him in return. All you have to do is admit that you need the unfathomable love that only He provides,  surrender your desires and self-ownership to Him, and believe that He is. He IS. No person you will ever love can match the faithfulness of Jehovah. Jesus was willing to surrender His position as the Son of Glory, to give His body to be tortured in our place.  Do you honestly think anyone you know on earth would do that? No. Someone might do a kindness to you,  offer a helping hand,  provide a needed service,  something like that,  but no one else besides Jesus is perfectly sinless and able to appease God's judgement for you.  No one can take your place on the cross or in hell. No one else can offer you total deliverance from bondage,  heal your body, mind and spirit. There is no relationship more important than the relationship between you and Jesus.  He wanted you before He formed the earth, and He wants you to want Him. And no matter where you look, you will never find a relationship more satisfying.