The Invitation

I’ve been struck lately by the fact that it is God who invites us into a relationship with Him.
Often we think that we invite Him.
i.e. we invite Him into our meetings, into our worship, into our situations, into our lives, and usually for our benefit.
“ Come into our meeting Lord and bless us” we say.

Well it is God who has invited us into a relationship with Him
He says, “though your sins be as red as scarlet come”
“ Come let us reason together”
Jesus said, “Come follow me”
“Come to me”

The invitation is always His. We have the privilege of joining Him (not the other way round) in what He is doing (not what we are doing). I know He is gracious and is interested in what we are doing but the invite is to join Him in something bigger and better. We’ve been called to join Him in an adventure, which would change the world if we followed Him. To join Him and follow Him, to be His disciples, to see what He is doing and do the same, to go where He goes, to give up and surrender our wants and desires, our lives and ambitions (just as He did for us). To commit ourselves to Him and His will for our lives. To commit to each other out of love for Him. He goes before us and we follow not as meaningless sheep but as soldiers following a Great King, confident of winning the battle, assured of where we are going because we follow Him who has gone before.
This is the invitation: - Life Eternal in the presence of Him who loves us and died for us so that we might be together as it should have been from the beginning.
And on the way great adventures!!