Reconciled to God
Reconciled to God
April 7th, 2026
A pastor once said, “Most people aren’t running from God—they’re just living without Him.”
That lands, doesn’t it?
Not rebellion.
Not hostility.
Just distance.
You can be a decent person, a busy person, even a religious person…
and still be disconnected.
That’s the tension Easter steps into.
Not to make bad people good.
But to bring distant people home.
Paul writes, “All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself.”
Which means this didn’t start with your awareness of God.
It started with His pursuit of you.
God didn’t wait for clarity.
He didn’t wait for consistency.
He moved toward you first.
And that reshapes everything—including how we see others.
If God approached you with mercy instead of measurement,
then you don’t get to approach others with judgment as your starting point.
You move toward them.
Not as someone who has it figured out—
but as someone who’s been found.
That’s where a relational explorer begins.
Not with answers.
With humility.
This week:
- Revisit where God actually met you—not theoretically, but personally.
- Notice who you tend to size up instead of slow down with.
- Move one step toward someone—not to fix anything, just to understand.
Questions:
- Where have you experienced distance from God or others—and what changed it?
- What does it mean that reconciliation starts with God, not you?
- Who do you instinctively evaluate instead of engaging?
- What would it look like to move toward them this week?
Because we’ve been brought near by grace, we live as people who move toward others with the same reconciling heart of God.
Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Brad