The Nugget:
Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
My Comment:
A true believer lives (1) in constant fellowship with God, 1 John 1:3, 7. 2:6.
To have fellowship with God, draw near to Him. To do that, we must get to know God better. That is accomplished by letting God talk to us. How do we get God to talk to us? Actually, God has already spoken. What He has spoken is found only in the Bible. So, to let God talk to you, read His written word in the Bible.
Another very clear aspect of drawing near to God is for each of us to speak to Him. We do that by means of prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
These two activities–reading God’s word in the Bible, and prayer–are the daily activity of all those who are rightly related to God, and mark the true believer.