Relationship with God

The whole world is like a masquerade..
Everyday, everywhere, people put on masks in which they hide under..
These masks are a facade, nothing more than a projection of what we think God and other people want us to be..
We do things, such as lying, to become popular, give bad attitudes to be a "badboy""badgirl"..
Sometimes we pray elaborate prayers or jump and dance for the wrong reasons, to pretend we're strong in our faith and make others feel inferior.

These masks are based on negativity, and conditioned to suit the world. Furthermore, it discounts our true selves..
By discounting ourselves, and trying to fit into the world, to become what it wants us to be, it is like rejecting God's creation of us, and rejecting what he wants us to be, for he created us all unique and in his image, to do his good work on Earth that he had planned for us a long time ago.
-Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's masterpiece. He created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
-1st Timothy 4:4
Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but recieve it with thanks by faithful people who know the truth.

We are so caught up in the things we haven't got that we often forget the things that we have got..
And because of these masks, a wall, a barrier has been built between us and God..
We feel that God is far away when actually he is all around..
Hes giving to us freely and generously, but we keep focusing on the negatives that we cant see what he is doing for us.
Ephesians 1:8
-He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding..

Now i want to pose a question to you.
Do you really love God or do you want to love him?

To have a relationship with him, you need intimacy.
To love him, you need intimacy.

Intimacy ---> Int-im-a-cy ---> Into me you see

If we have our masks and facades on, its like telling God,"God i dont want you to see into me.. stay away."

So if we want a relationship with him, we need to take away those masks, walls, barriers, and let him see the real us. We have to show him..

God is knocking on the door of our hearts, asking us to let him in..

Lastly, God isn't deal with us on the basis of merit..
He doesnt judge one higher than the other..
In his eyes, we are all the same, no matter what we do, what we have done..
So dont let yourself feel inferior in any way..
Because God deals with us simply according to his love which he lavishes on us..

Romans 8:1
-So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus
38-39
-And i am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither life nor death, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow-not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Jesus Christ our lord.
Who did Jesus reach out to?
He favoured not the accomplished priests, nor the wisemen,
But instead blessed such as Zacheus, tax collector and sinner,
And the prostitute at the well.

It is one thing for God to love us and another for us to accept that love.
Tc ok you guys?
-J-