That is the point of the whole gospel. A restored relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ. We are naturally estranged from God and ignorant of His great love for us and desire for relationship with us. We often think or have thought of Him as our enemy even though we are continuously and restlessly searching for something that will fill our longing, thirsting, hungry souls.
The partial verse above was part of the New Testament reading for this 1st Sunday in Advent. I am a lector (reader) at my parish and this was my assigned reading. So I have been living with the passage for the past week. The full reading is 1 Peter 3:18-22.
How do we come to God? Well, the verse above says that Jesus will lead us to Him. That is why He came and became one of us. Jesus told Thomas in John 14:6, "I am the way and the truth and the life." We come to God by trusting in Jesus and following Him. And there are various access points, means or channels of grace that Jesus has provided for us to enable us to do just that and connect with Him, the Son, as well as the Father and the Holy Spirit.
The access point I wish to write about at this time is prayer and what I have learned in my journey. Stay tuned.
