Approachable God

Idols have no power. They can't communicate, and they can't help those who carry them around. Those who worship them wander about with "no knowledge," and "pray to a god who cannot save" (Isaiah 45:20).

God is far different. He has all power. He "created the heavens"; He "formed the earth" (45:18). God's intent was to fill that earth with people. He "did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited" (45:18). He wants those people to know Him.

Some have accused God of being hidden or unknowable. "Truly, You are a God who hides Himself" (45:15). This is not the case. God reveals Himself in many ways, desiring "that men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun that there is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other" (45:6).

God is open and vocal in His pursuit of men. He says, "I have not spoken in secret, in some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek Me in a waste place'" (45:19). He invites people to "Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, you fugitives of the nations" (45:20).

His invitation is open and free. "Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other" (45:22). God is not hidden or hard to find. His call is not subdued, and His presence is not remote. What a wonder that the mighty Creator-God wants people to know Him! What a blessing that He reveals Himself to them and welcomes them with open and loving arms!