What wrong thoughts some people have of God! Like the man with the one talent in the parable in Luke 19, they only know Him as an austere man, demanding every jot and tittle, a hard exacter of every penny, a demander of His rights and every letter of the law. They think of Him as one seeking to crush everyone into the dust, having a stern frown and a hidden face.
Now this is not the way that those who have come to Him have found Him, or is it the aspect in which He presents Himself in the scriptures, the Word of God. No! it is: "God is love." "God so loved the world." "God gave."
We find that God is full of grace, mercy, pity and compassion. He has an eye of love, a heart of tenderness, a hand open to give, and He is one who does not desire the death of the sinner. "Not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:99The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9).
He wants to be our Savior and Friend, and the way is always open for access to Him! There is no mediator but Christ, no advocate but Christ, whose yearning heart of love longs and seeks for every lost one.
Come to Him now, the One who died for you. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31). "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16).