LET US DRAW NEAR WITH A TRUE HEART

 

EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

APRIL 23

 

Hebrews 10:22

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,

having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and

our bodies washed with pure water.

 
Distance from God is an effect of unbelief. It is the cause of coldness and discomfort. 

God is in the holiest.
 
He is enthroned on the mercy seat.
 
He has accepted the atoning sacrifice.
 
Sin is for ever put away.
 
Jesus has rent the veil.
 
The way is open and free.
 
Our High Priest is there with the blood, and the incense is burning in the golden censer.
 
The heart of God towards us is true; it was no make-believe love that gave his Beloved Son. Jesus also is true-hearted towards us, or he had never died for our sins, or entered heaven to plead on our behalf.
 
Let us therefore be true-hearted towards God, with deep sincerity and childlike simplicity draw near to God.
 
We have liberty to tell out all our minds.
 
We should not stand silent as awe-stricken servants, but we should draw near as the child which runs into its father’s arms, and lays its head on its father’s bosom.
 
Let us not then stand trembling as before an angry God; but let us exercise unhesitating, unwavering trust in God.
 
He is not glorified by the fear of slaves, but by the peaceful confidence of children.
 

Trusting in our Redeemer’s blood,

Now let our souls draw near to God,

Upon the mercy-eat;

Boldly into the holiest come,

And feel ourselves with God at home,

Where truth and mercy meet.

 
James Smith