One of the things I like most about the Lord is that He takes initiative with us. The Bible says that God draws us with loving kindness. That sounds to me like He is taking the initiative. And not only does He start the whole thing, God does it with charm. It makes me think of a true gentleman extending his arm to help draw a lovely lady to himself. It’s kind of charming to watch. And then I think of my Heavenly Father with outstretched arms, lovingly drawing me with kindness in His eyes. Who wouldn’t fall into His arms?
Yet for many reasons, we don’t always have that kind of image of our Heavenly Father. Maybe we think of Him as “the boss” and we tiptoe around Him, afraid to make a mistake and get fired. Perhaps we see Him as “the big man upstairs” and we are afraid He is going punish us for not doing this or that. Honestly, I think we come up with more reasons why not to fall into God’s arms than why we would. It makes our Father sad because all He really wants is for us to love Him and be near Him.
It’s so hard to grasp that, isn’t it? Most have spent their years in fear of God instead of in love with Him. Afraid of just about everything concerning God. And God knows that. It saddens Him so much that He’s willing to draw us out of our fears so that we can be near Him. We don’t have to do the work, we simply say “yes” and God takes it from there. How easy is that?
I encourage you to take your Heavenly Father’s charming initiative and fall into His arms. If you do it just one time, you’ll be wanting more!
