How close are you to God? I can tell you exactly how close you are. You are as close as you want to be. God is as willing to get as close to you as you are willing to get close to Him.

The first way to go one step higher for God, is to get one step closer to God. When you take one step closer to God, you actually get two steps closer to God, for James 4:8 tells us, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."

That verse is both a precept and a promise. The precept is, you draw near to God; the promise is, God will draw near to you.

Now why is it in that order? Why doesn't God draw near to me so that I will then draw near to Him? Why must I draw near to God first? Jere. 29:13 says, "And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." Why do I have to initia…