Close to God

I know how to live when I am poor and when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of how to live through any kind of situation—when I have enough to eat or when I am hungry, when I have everything I need or when I have nothing. Philippians 4:12

“I am with you, and I will protect you everywhere you go. I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised.” Genesis 28:15 

God allows us to get as close to Him as we choose. We can build our relationship up with His or it can have barriers and walls separating us if we allow it to.

I love these Bible verses that surround this post. I find great comfort in their words and I appreciate their message. Philippians 4:12 gives me comfort knowing that others before me knew how to live with just God. They knew that their lives would be complete just by the relationship they had with Him.

Genesis 28:15 is a promise from God that He will never leave us. He has plans for us that He will complete and His promise is so amazing here.

In Philippians 4:19, God is promising that we will never go without anything we need. Our needs will be provided and God will provide everything that is necessary for this life. He has promised this to us and we must trust that He knows our needs.

The last verse, Romans 8:38-39, is so beautiful. It is a reminder that nothing can, or will, ever separate us from God. Nothing. This is a great way to remind everyone that there is nothing we do to be saved. We are saved by grace alone and our actions don't determine our fate; it is Christ alone that saves us and has called us His own!

My God will use his glorious riches to give you everything you need. He will do this through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 

Yes, I am sure that nothing can separate us from God’s love—not death, life, angels, or ruling spirits. I am sure that nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers, nothing above us or nothing below us—nothing in the whole created world—will ever be able to separate us from the love God has shown us in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39