My new life in God's Love

My relationship with God is secure becasue through Christ, I am forgiven and accepted by God. In addition to providing this secure relationship, God also desires for me to walk closely with Him and communicate with HIm throughout the day. This is called fellowship. I have been using the words relationship and fellowship interchangeably, but apparently there are some distinct differences.

When we choose to sin, our relationship is not affected, but our fellowship is interrupted. For example, No matter what I do , I will always be my earthly father's child. Even if I rebel against him he is still my father and I am still his child. That is the relationship that will never change. However, how we interact with one another would be strained, that is our fellowshi. How we communicate with one another.

My relatinship with God began wehn I received Christ (John 1:12), it is everlasting (1Peter 1:3,4) I is Maintained by God (John 10:27-29), and it never changes (Hebrews 13:5). However my fellowship with God began whenI received Christ as well (Colassians 2:6), it can be hindered (Psalm 32:3-5), it is maintained in part by me (1 John1:19) and it changes when we sin (Psalm66:18).

These are all truths that prove that our relationship with God is different from our fellowship with God. I must work each day to sustain a fellowship with God so that I am always connected to Him. This is an eye opener for me. I now know that I will always have a relationship with God even when I see, because my actions do not determine my relationship with my heavenly father, just as they would not determine my relationship with my earthly father. What an eye opener and an ahhh ha moment for me.