Numbers 32:1-42; Proverbs 28:1-28; Luke 4:1-15
And Peter followed him afar off… Mark 14:54
But having seen them afar off… Hebrews 11:13
Dear Christian, have you wandered from the Lord? Yes, you claim to still “follow” the Lord. You attend the meetings of the local church and maintain basic Christian routines. But, like Peter, you are following “afar off”. But why? Perhaps the problem is that you are no longer looking “afar off” as those Hebrews 11 heroes did. They understood that the very best this world has to offer lasts only “for a season” (Heb. 11:25) and leaves a bitter aftertaste. But the joys the Lord offers are sweet and eternal. Come back to the Father today. He is waiting to restore you, for He is “a God at hand…and not a God afar off” (Jer. 23:23). —Brian Cretney
Back to His dear loving arms would I flee,
When I remember that Jesus loves me. —Philip P. Bliss