Separation Anxiety. Desperate to be reunited. (Part 2)

The  separation is killing me!! I have young kids and it wasn’t too long ago I remember dropping them off at the nursery.  If you have young kids you know what I’m talking about. As we walk down the hall toward the nursery our kids get quieter and quieter. They sense the separation coming. You arrive at the door.  Bend down to drop them off… and this is what you see…

The moment of separation from mom and dad can be so stressful. The very thought that mom and dad would leave me in the hands of a “stranger.”  It almost feels like we are torturing our kids. But, the big question is… Do you feel like this when sin separates you from God?

Sadly, I believe many of us really don’t care if we are separated from Him. Apathy has taken over and we experience no tension or heartache from being separated from God. We have become so comfortable with the separation we’ve forgotten what it is like to be in the arms of our creator.  I don’t know about you, but I want to be a screaming kid who constantly is looking for mom or dad to walk around the corner!  Are we longing for His ultimate return? Are we passionate about a daily interaction with Him in His Word? I understand how my sin separates us from Him… and the thought of how my sin separates bothers me.  Sometimes, I even get mad at myself for how my sin has separated me.

Isaiah 59:2-3 says… “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things.”

This is a collision of faith. The thought of how my sin separates, and how HE hates the separation. I think I have separation anxiety. What about you?