This means that each of us can come close to God, with the assurance that He will come close to us—so close that we become conscious of an intimate, personal relationship with Him.

It is the greatest experience one can know, to have this sense of a personal relationship between God and himself. The conception is freighted with rich meaning for everyone of us, for me, for you.

Your life is closely bound up with the life of God, because in Him you live and move and have your being. He breathed into you the breath of life. He has put something within you that is like unto Himself, something capable of a rich development into the quality of godlike character.

Because God is the giver and source of your life, He has a legitimate claim upon your life. He is your Father, and He has the right to expect you to be a loyal child. Because you are His child, He longs for fellowship with you.

The story of the Prodigal Son is a revelation of God’s desire for human fellowship, even that of His children who have wandered far from His presence.

A picture we see although the Bible, is the picture of God’s persistency in pursuing misguided and obstinate humanity, men and women born to a great destiny as sons and daughters of God but in danger of missing its realization. Throughout the Holy Writings, from Genesis to Revelation, God is ever saying to His wayward children, “Return unto me, and I will return unto you.”

You are God’s child, and He wants your companionship. He wants to have you close to Him, wants to be a father to you, to shield you, to counsel you, to help you make your way through life.

Look to God as your Father, put your trust in Him, and you will come to know Him in the close, intimate companionship of Father and child, you will have a child’s sense of His personal interest in you. The story of your life will begin to be that of two—God and you.