Our God is a God who eagerly desires that His people draw near to Him. A name given to Jesus at His birth was Immanuel, which means “God with us”. Jesus came to dwell amongst us and experience all that we do. Our God is exalted and enthroned on high, but He is also near to us.
Luke 19:37-38 says, “As he was drawing near, already on the way down the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!'” The crowd only had this one opportunity to be close to Jesus. We have the awesome opportunity to draw near to God daily. This should cause us to rejoice and fill the earth with praises of God.
Reluctant Retiree 