Our Sympathetic Priest (Heb. 4:14-16; 10:19, 23)

Human beings can cast God in our image rather than seeing humans are created in God's image. We fail to comprehend that God desires us to pursue him, and God himself is the priest enabling our pursuit. We can devise our own schemes to please God without hearing the Lord's means to enter into his presence. How do we know that our Lord is gracious in his call? How do we know that our God is a gracious priest who desires us to lay our burdens on him? How do we know that God is the one who has really redeemed His people?