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Are you using MySpace or Xanga to find friends, acceptance, and possibly even love? Many people spend massive amounts of time each day in these online communities, meeting new friends, finding the hottest party or club in their area, or just looking for someone to talk to.

WHAT’S THE ATTRACTION?

Why are so many people seeking this new kind of intimacy? Sure, it’s fun to post a blog, address a forum, and build your own personal “Me” page for the entire world to see. We are all looking for acceptance and fulfillment through our relationships…but why?

God created us for relationships, both with others and with Himself. His perfect design was for Adam and Eve to experience unconditional acceptance, complete intimacy, and unreserved love with each other. This kind of love was also meant for you, but that ideal fell apart when Adam and Eve decided they should live without God. Sin and selfishness were born, and interpersonal relationships have gone downhill ever since.

Can you really have intimacy alone in your room, with nothing but a keyboard and mouse, conversing with a total stranger? This was never God’s intention for you. Even in the best of online friendships...you must admit there’s still something missing.

HIS SPACE

God wants you to know the acceptance, intimacy, and love He originally designed, but you have to overcome a big hurdle first. Just like Adam and Eve, our choice to live our lives without God blocks us from the greatest relationship we could ever know, the one God wants to have with us. Imagine how vibrant life would be if you were finally connected to the good Creator you never knew or believed existed.

The Bible, which is God’s “communication” to us, states that we can never overcome this gap caused by sin on our own. We can never be good enough to earn God’s favor and restore that first love as He created it. The penalty we owe God because of our sin and rebellion against Him is simply too much to pay. Death. (Now there’s a pleasant thought!)

But the great news is that God loves us so intensely that He has already provided our payment. When God sent His Son Jesus to earth, the ultimate purpose of Jesus was to die in our place and open the door for us to return to God…if we so choose. He died for our sins, then overcame our final enemy, death, so that we can have eternal life too. (Now there is a pleasant thought!)

The life He offers during our time on earth is nothing short of transforming. A lifetime of relating to Him will bring great peace and clarity along the way. As with any relationship, this one offers the opportunity for dialogue and understanding. God’s heart has been opened to us in the pages of the Bible, and we can freely communicate with Him through prayer. Many good churches are built on these truths and stand ready to help, as well as offer you some astounding friendships with other “Christ-followers” who are also finding their way.

Your sins are the roadblock between you and your God. That’s why he doesn’t answer your prayers or let you see his face. Isaiah 59:2

And in addition to everything else, we are happy because God sent our Lord Jesus Christ to make peace with us. Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die. Romans 5:11-12

Here is a short group of Bible verses explaining these thoughts. If you believe these concepts, as well as the idea that Jesus is God and that He died and arose again for you, the original relationship God intended for you is restored. Many like to acknowledge this commitment in a prayer. It’s not the prayer that makes you right with God. It’s your trust in Jesus Christ as your Savior.

God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. John 3:16

Christ died once for our sins. An innocent person died for those who are guilty. Christ did this to bring you to God, when his body was put to death and his spirit was made alive. 1 Peter 3:18

Dear God,

I know I’ve sought love and affirmation in people and places apart from You and have been living with a worldview that has not included You. For these I am sorry, and I honestly repent of my sin. I acknowledge You now as my Creator and the lover of my soul. I believe that out of your intense love for me You sent Your only Son, Jesus, and sacrificed Him in my place. I also believe He triumphed over death and rose again, and that He will bring me to heaven with You for all eternity. In His name I thank You God. I look forward to knowing You more intimately with each new day. Amen.