I think so many people approach God like they have to pretend to be something they aren’t because they are afraid in their current condition they could never reach the bar set before them by the church. I have often found myself going into prayer with the mentality that God has to lower the door knob to His throne room for me. This way of thinking has prompted me to long to be something I am not. For God to lower the door knob to His throne would be a picture of pity and not love. God never lowers anything but He raises us up to reach Him. He opens the door Himself, greets us in the state we are in, and welcomes us into His Kingdom. There is nothing but deep, unconditional love from Him for us. We are a culture steeped in great dysfunction, over time this has altered the way we think. It has kept us from receiving redemption. As a child of God I need nothing lowered for me, even on my toughest day because I have a King that saves me on a daily basis; thus my Savior; Jesus Christ.
I want you to know you don’t have to pretend to impress God, you don’t have to try to be something you are not, God receives you as you are… the transformation that follows, is one that comes from the purest love (sacrificial) and best intention for you.
You are loved because you are His beloved, come as you are, show Him the mess you’ve been hiding, and let God help you clean. We all come to God covered in shame, but He takes the shame from us, and wraps us in righteousness. He honors us as His cherished one.
Ephesians 2: 4 But God is so rich in mercy and loves us with such intense love.