Oneness

We were never meant to live apart from our Father. It was never the will of God to be remote or far from us. That separation is something that we humans choose. Many religions, rather than bringing closeness to God, insist on widening the breach between the Father and His children.

"I and (my) Father are one."
                      John 10:30

Immediately after making this pronouncement, the religious crowd sought to stone Jesus. They thought that by making this statement, Jesus was lessening God. But on the contrary, Jesus was affirming the will and purpose of His Father. From the very beginning, the Creator sought fellowship, companionship and love with His creation, man. In the Garden of Eden, God would walk with His beloved Adam, whom He made alive with His own breath.
Our Father gave His most precious gift, in order to repair the breach that came when man loved himself more than he loved God. Jesus revealed this heartfelt desire of His Father:

"that they may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me."

"I in them, and You in Me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them, as You have loved me."
                                                              John 17:21, 23

This special relationship that our Father wants with us is to be a benefit not only to us, but to the world, that they may see that the Father loves them.
The word "love" used here in the verse above beautifully expresses the heart of our Father. It means "to approve of, to love dearly, to be well pleased with, to be a companion to, to kiss".
Your Father is pleased with you, and approves of you.
Your Father loves you dearly.
Your Father wishes to be a companion to you.
Your Father kisses you.
Those of us who have gladly received the gift of salvation from the Father through His Son, know the desire the Father has to be reconciled to man, to us. But we need to remind ourselves that we are meant to have a close, loving relationship with our Father.
For those who would like to be close to your Father, He has made the way for you. He sent His Son to destroy the obstacles that have stood between you and your Father. He has made the way to "oneness" with Him. Choose it and walk in it.


"Be Thou My Vision"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Td7PLIG5S0