It's not about earning anything it's about opening our hearts and going to God because He is love and wants us to know Him. This was written to the people in Jerusalem but it is so true for us as we seek to know Christ. Matthew chapter 11 verse 28 says, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." There is so much joy and hope and peace when we join in our journey with the Lord. He won't make us but He has given us incredible stories of people who trusted and felt the power He gives.
When we come to Christ and learn to be like Him, He gets the glory and He shines brighter and we surrender more of us and act more like Him. John chapter 3 verse 16 says, "For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, so That everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." I love this because when we believe in something we actually come to it or show that we believe. It's not I believe and then I don't do anything with it. I looked up the word believe and the definition is: To entrust a thing to one, to credit, have confidence. I also looked it up in the context of it's use in that verse and the Thayer's Greek Lexicom said it was: To have a faith directed unto, believing or in faith to give one's self up to Jesus. That is amazing when you read it in that way. Look at John 3:16 now, "For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, so that (everyone who give's one's self up to Jesus) will not perish but have eternal life."
Makes you want to thank God and work hard to learn more and more. He loves us and is waiting for us to talk to Him, we shouldn't deny ourselves of this relationship. At The Rock Church we are in a series called "Exploring God" and learned that when we know His word we can truly know Him. I say let's not wait to talk to God, let's talk to Him daily. Amen