In the beginning, GOD. Go back to the remotest point in the past that you can think of, and there HE is. You cannot get behind Him. Yes, and go forward to the most distant point in a future eternity, and HE is there also. You cannot get beyond Him. In the beginning, GOD. And in the eternal future, GOD.
King David, the writer of the Psalms, asked, Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence? He answered his own question: If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there: if I make my bed in hell [hades], behold, Thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall hold me. That is equally true for us all today. We cannot get away from God.
And why should we want to? Where do we get this fear, this instinctive dislike of the very idea of God? The answer is simple. We are sinful creatures, and a guilty conscience makes cowards of us all. God is the God of truth and righteousness, and who of us can stand in His holy presence? Only those who have been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ.
If you can say, In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace (Eph. 1:77In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; (Ephesians 1:7)), you do not need to fear God, nor have any desire to get away from Him. On the contrary, every thought of Him should be a delight to you.
But first of all you must be introduced to Him, and that can only be through the Lord Jesus Christ. His own words were, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me. (John 14:66Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6).)
Come honestly. That is absolutely essential. No hypocrisy can stand for one moment. Admit yourself to be sinful and deserving judgment, and accept salvation through the blood of Christ. Only in this way will you be saved.
Say from the depth of your heart:
Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come!