“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” — James 4:8

Sometimes the distance we feel from God is not because He has moved. In seasons of distraction, weariness, or spiritual dryness, His invitation remains the same: Draw near.

God is not asking you to manufacture a feeling or force a moment. He is inviting you to come—to turn your attention toward Him, remain in His presence, and allow your roots to reach again toward the Source.

If you have felt distant, distracted, or simply hungry for more of God, take a few moments and listen.

The invitation is still open.

Draw near.

The Day of Pentecost for Today

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

But what did Paul actually mean?

Philippians 4:13 is more than a declaration about what we can accomplish. It is the testimony of a man who had learned how to remain steady in abundance and in need, in comfort and in hardship.

If you are walking through a season that is stretching you, changing you, or asking you to remain faithful when circumstances are not what you hoped they would be, take a few moments and listen.

You may discover that the strength Christ gives is not always strength to change the season—but strength to remain planted while He carries you through it.

The Day of Pentecost for Today

Sometimes staying planted begins with deciding where we will put our roots.

In Ruth 1, Ruth makes a decision before she knows what that decision will produce. She cannot see Bethlehem, Boaz, provision, or the generations that will eventually come through her choice. She simply knows where she has chosen to remain.

In this meditation, we slow down with Ruth's decision and consider a question that reaches into our own walk with God:

Where will we plant ourselves?

Before there is fruit, there is often a decision about the ground. Before we see what God will produce, we may first have to decide where our roots will remain.

Slow down. Open the Scriptures. Encounter the living Christ.

The Day of Pentecost is not just history. It is for today. 🔥