When you are feeling far away from the Lord and you want to be closer to Him, does your first instinct involve you trying a whole lot harder? When you’re spiritually dry, do you start looking for the quick fix - some new spiritual routine or discipline that will pump life back into your walk with Jesus? I know I think that way. When something seems off, my first response is to simply work harder at this Jesus thing. My brain tells me to ramp up my commitment, get more consistent at certain practices and be better at being a Christian. And there is the problem. We automatically assume that our relationship with Jesus is a wishy-washy, flighty arrangement. Sometimes it’s close and good, but at other times it’s distant and cold. When we start with that line of thinking, we naturally go on to assume that our proximity to Jesus is all wrapped up in our effort. We think that if we try harder, we’ll be closer to Jesus. If we don’t, then we won’t. As a result, so many of us are spinning our wheels looking for the next amazing devotional or discipline that’s really going to make us connect with the Lord and we get frustrated when it doesn’t work. Our trouble is that we started out believing a false premise. Jesus said that we are in His hand. He said He will never leave us. He said no one can loosen His grip on us at all. You don’t need to try harder to be close to Him. He is holding you. What if you just believed the truth that you’re already and eternally connected to Him and just relaxed in His grasp?
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