Dangerous Distance: How the Enemy Pulls You Away From God | Closer To God Pt 1
Have you heard enough to commit?
In Closer to God Part One, Pastor Mike Darnell asks a question that cuts straight to the heart: Have you heard enough to commit? Not to visit God. Not to consider Him. Not to keep waiting for more details. To commit.
Many people are not as close to God as they think because they are still standing at a distance, waiting to be convinced. But in Acts 2, the early church heard one revelation: Jesus is Lord. That was enough to repent, be baptized, and continue in the apostles’ doctrine, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayers.
The Kingdom works differently than the world. God does not give you every detail before you commit. You commit first, and then the Holy Spirit brings the details. He leads you into truth after your heart has yielded. Commitment happens in the heart, not the head.
Understand that proximity to God is not always closeness to God. You can be around the things of God and still be far from His ways. Salvation brings you into the Kingdom, but closeness is developed as you learn the culture of the Kingdom. You can be a citizen and still carry an alien mind, a mindset trained by another world, another system, and another way of living.
That is why closeness has to be pursued. If you assume you are close, you will not pursue being close. Closeness is yielding to the King’s will and His way. It is learning to depend on God, hear His voice, stay in His presence, and grow in His understanding. Strength for your assignment, wisdom for your circumstances, and strategy for your future all come from closeness with Him.
The enemy knows this, so he works to create dangerous distance between you and God. He does not always pull people away dramatically. Sometimes it starts with one missed prayer, one neglected moment in the Word, one skipped gathering, one quiet compromise. Distance eventually becomes resistance.
But God is calling His people closer.
Stay close in prayer. Stay close in the Word. Stay close in fellowship. Stay close in praise. Praise is not a side note; it is evidence of passion, fire, and surrender. The closer you get to God, the more His presence begins to change everything about you.
Listen now to Closer to God Part One from Pastor Mike Darnell at Excel Church, and learn how to commit fully, resist dangerous distance, and stay close to the God who gives strength, wisdom, strategy, and fire for your assignment.
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