Many believe that God is a faraway God. He does not appear to respond to their prayers. And he seems unapproachable because he does not show himself in person. They cannot feel his manifestation, hence, because apparently there is no direct contact. What they do not comprehend is that God desires to be nearer to us. As Kenneth Copeland Ministries would put it, God desires to confirm a personal and intimate affiliation with his people. But he cannot compel us to abide by his will. Only when we are all set and enthusiastic to receive him in our lives will he become a personal God in our personal lives.

God, from the very beginning, has been a present and warmhearted God. His hands have always been stretched afar to welcome people who want to take refuge in him. He has been waiting for us to hear his request and abide by his direction. But apparently his request falls on deaf ears. It is actually us who distance from him. But he is not one to relent and permit us to transgress and be gone. That is why he sent his only son, Jesus, to illustrate us his wonder and glory.

Jesus came to the world to fulfill God's promise to save us from immorality and bring us back to his heavenly fold. But Jesus did not come in a godly form. Instead, he became human. As Kenneth Copeland Ministries would say it, he took upon himself flesh, and he became one of us, an unassuming human being. He was delivered to us by way of Mary, with the power of the Holy Spirit, and was born in a lowly site, not in a majestic palace. But unlike us, he was exempt from the original sin as he is the begotten son of God.

Although he was the son of God, Jesus did not live an easy life. He was not born to a noble family; instead he became a boy in a humble family with genuine hearts. Mary and Joseph gave him the parental direction each kid needs so that he would get geared up to minister to God's people when he matured. As a human being, he was subject to human desires, agony, and temptations. But he resisted them all and showed us the glory of God. And as an ultimate sacrifice, he followed God's will, took his cross, and died in order to deliver us from sinfulness and grant us salvation.

As the son of God, Jesus did not have to do all those sacrifices. He did not have to go by God's will. He did not have to pass away on the cross. He could have lived a life out of his own will. But he chose not to, Kenneth Copeland Ministries reminds us, because he loves us so much that he laid down his life so that we might live. And as the respectful son of God, he followed God's will. He gave us a perfect example of how much trust we should have in God.