'' But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.'' Hebrews 11 :6
Coming to God , means entering into his presence in person through worship ,prayer , hearing the word, obedience , and attending church service . Whenever we come into his presence , we must come by faith . God is invisible , yet very real and more powerful than all the visible . We come with faith , believing in his existence , his ability and in his word . We must also believe that he is our rewarder and the one who will bless us and solve our problems , in short we must believe , in his salvation .
We come with an altitude of praise , thanksgiving and adoration . '' Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name '' Psalm 100 :4 The process that leads us into God's presence is singing , praising, asking and adoring the greatness of God . in hymns and Psalms . Another process which we enter the presence of God is by living right and doing the right thing as a child of God .
'' Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully '' Psalm 24:3-4 We must enter the presence with clean hands and pure heart , this symbolizes righteousness which is necessary for us to be able to stand before God without any sense of guilt . This means that we must confess all known and unknown sins whenever we come to God .
There is always a blessing for those who come to God , for they return the same way they came . '' He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah '' Psalm 24:5-6 The Lord is the rewarder , this means we have God's gifts of salvation and blessing of inheritance and eternity . Another way of coming to God is by humility , it does not matter who you are , when you come into God's presence , you must humble yourself .
'' Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. '' James 4: 10 The Lord delights in the humble person , to humble in this sense means you loose focus of who you are and deny yourself of your self esteem . The Lord Jesus Christ wants us to know him well enough , so that we can emulate his humble character , you do not mind whichever situation or condition , you just worship God .
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