Imagine if the most powerful person in the world wanted to make you his best friend. Imagine if the most royal name in history said that you were the heir to his kingdom. Imagine if the richest man who has ever lived told you that he wants you to inherit everything. Now, how would you react? Would you try to contact this genuine outreach back, or would you send someone else to send your message?
God, the omnipotent, sovereign, and most rich being that has ever existed wants to talk to you, and not in a bad way either! He wants to build a personal connection with you. No, He does not want anything from you. He has everything, He made everything, and He can make anything. What does He need you for?
The truth is, He does not need you. He has everything under control. When Jesus was being arrested and His disciples were trying to save Him, He stopped them and said, "do you think I cannot call on my Father, and He will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?" (Matthew 26:53) He does not need our help. So, if He needs nothing from us, why does He care so much about involving us in His plan?
Imagine a baker and his son. The baker makes a delicious triple layer cake and has the perfect idea for the frosting. As he picks up the tools the begin frosting, his soon looking in aw, waiting to see what His father will create, the baker pulls out a step stool. He brings his son upon it and puts the icing in his hand. "I want you to help me make my cake." The son looks at his father in shock. He has seen his father's creations before. "Me?" He says in surprise. "I will just mess it up." His father puts his hands over his sons and smiles. "I will help you."
This describes God's plan for our lives. He does not need our help. Look at trees, look at the fine tuning of life, look at the human body. God did not need our help, and never will He need it, but He wants us to be involved in His glorious plan out of love. He can do anything, and He chooses to show it all through us.
This loving God who needs nothing and wants you to take part in His glory is real! He wants to talk to you. He wants to include you in on His plan. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28) "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" (Jeremiah 29:11)
God wants to involve you in a plan where you receive life, love, power, and peace unlike anything that you could ever experience on Earth. He wants you to be filled with joy and covered in peace. This is God's plan. Will you answer God? He wants a personal connection with you. The real God.
Some may say, "well I have tried talking to God and He did not talk back." I can say two things that I am sure of. If you tried talking to God and He did not talk back, three things happened: 1) you were not talking to the real God, but instead to the God that you would want running the universe (AKA an imaginary version of you as God) 2) you did not hear God because your relationship isn't strong enough for you to hear Him! If you are not chasing after Him with all of your heart instead of just testing God, you will not hear Him speak. 3) You did not even give Him enough time to respond. Because He did not speak in the way that you wanted in the time that you wanted, you assumed that He was not real.
God wants to talk to you, but are you willing to talk with Him instead of at Him? Are you willing to listen as much as you talk? Are you ready to hear God? If you want to build a relationship with God, the first thing that you have to do is invite Him into your life. When He is inside of your life, then you will be able to hear what He has to say to you. Once He is inside of your life, ask God to build you relationship so that you can know what the real God of the universe has to say. Then, you will see and hear Him talking to you, building your relationship a little more each day.
God wants to talk to you. Will you listen?
-D
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