Draw Draw Draw

 

 

James 4:8 draw nigh unto God and he will draw nigh unto you…

This tiny little verse is so packed with insight and meaning. We can read it casually and miss it. It would be like dumping a big metal can of junk on the floor and noticing the pin from a grenade laying there… you might want to quickly take a look around to see if the grenade itself is there and if so… quickly put the pin back in… or just simply run.

We read this verse and smile and read on…

But this verse has an interesting twist to it. The word Draw nigh means simply… pay attention to the small detail of another person…

Pay attention to how God works in the little things in life. How he works in answered prayer or unanswered prayer… How does he see the unloved, how does he see the politicians.. how does he work in your finances.. how does he work in the broken father son relationship…

SOME OF THESE MIGHT BE YOUR OWN ISSUES, BUT MANY ARE OUTSIDE OF YOU.. but you are pushing in and paying attention to how God works… What is he really like. 

So if you really pay attention to someone… really cue in on what they are about… they will do the same back to you. Now again plug this into your walk with God. 

If you truly seek to understand Gods spirit, his word his cues, his motives, his handiwork behind the scenes… if you do that he will push into drawing near to you. He will pay you back in a sense by coming in close to you.

Have you ever been in a situation where you are cued into the minute details of a person… we were in a parking lot years ago in the inner city… and we are saw a van pull up with some guys in it… for about 45 minutes we were tuned in to their facial expressions, their conversations as they looked around. We tuned into the people who came up to the car… we looked at the people in the community who noticed the van… We knew something was going down… and guess what? A guy comes out of the van and walks over to our car… Im geared up ready to fight and protect my wife… He motions to me to roll down my window and I do… but my car is now running… I as tough as I can say “what do you want?”… he cracks his red leather jacket open with a police badge hanging on his neck and says… hey folks, It would be good if you drove away and parked somewhere else…

I was tuned into him for 45 minutes… I did not realize that he was just as tuned in to me and Kim and our safety. 

Draw nigh to God… 

He will draw nigh to you.