DRAWN BY THE FATHER
Memorise: No man can come to
me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I wick raise him up at
the last day. John 6:44
“I waited patiently for the
LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.”
Psalm 40:1
In the above scripture, David did not just say he
waited, but that he waited patiently. The implication of this is that the
Christian race is not a sprint but a marathon. The journey to Heaven is not
something you do in just a day, but rather what may take a whole lifetime. Due
to the emphasis placed on the gospel of the return of Jesus Christ, some people
believed He would come the very next day or week after they received He would
come the very next day or week they received Him into their hearts. When my
friends and I were newly converted, we thought so too. In fact, I had to
encourage one of my friends to continue with his studies because he felt since
Jesus was coming at moment, it was pointless going to school. Similarly, in
those days, we were taught that there were three steps in Christianity –
salvation, sanctification and Holy Ghost baptism. We felt then that once you
had experienced those three, you have arrived. But probably because of my
training in applied mathematics, I began to do my personal research to verify
if there were only three steps; and I discovered seven.
According to Ezekiel 36:24-27, the first thing God
said He would do even before salvation is to gather His own together. Ezekiel
36:24 says:
“For I will take you from
among the heathen and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into
your own land.”
This is what Jesus meant when He said in John 6:44:
No man can come to me, except
the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last
day.”
Before you are saved, you are first drawn. No one can
be saved except he or she has been drawn by the Father. This tells us that salvation
is not at your own instance but at God’s instance. Also, God has already taken
steps ahead of you before you respond. He is the One initiating it and not you.
This is why when people say they have found Jesus, they are not speaking the
truth. He was never lost. Rather, He is the One who was searching for them
until He found them. God uses everything at His disposal to draw men to
Himself. He used the burning bush to draw Moses. He used a blinding light to
draw Saul. He used the miracle of a net-breaking catch of fish to draw Peter.
He is also drawing you today even through this medium. Have you accepted Him?
Key Point
The father not only draws you
to salvation but continues to pull you closer. How close are you to God?
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