Intimacy
How to be intimate with the Spirit of God and the things we reap from intimacy with the Lord
The first step to intimacy is understanding who you are before God and who He is. You are God’s creation and not His co-equal so in the place of intimacy, respect and honour must be present. Secondly, you cannot exist without God but He can exist without You therefore He is not only your friend but He is Lord over you. Humility is also key. Having a glimpse of how great and large God is can lead you into deeper realms of intimacy because you start to see Him as He is, the Great I AM.
God is not someone you fit into your schedule. Your schedule works around Him. He is the key player and the ten remainder players have to find a way to work around Him. All I am trying to say is God must have His own time slot. You don’t go on purposeful outings with friends just by chance but with careful planning and anticipation, you set a date and time and meet up to have a blast. It is the same with God. If you desire to be more intimate with the Lord, you must set time aside for this.
Next, His presence must be there, obviously. But you must make room for His presence. As it is said, God does not force Himself into any setting. He goes where He is welcomed and when He notices that You are willing to receive anything from Him, He does so dutifully. Making room for His presence is easier said than done but it all starts with everything said at the start ( knowing who You are before Him and understanding who He is).
When it comes to what we reap from intimacy with the Lord, I think being allowed to be intimate with Him alone is a privilege and an honour. One thing I’ve also come to learn is that when you spend time with the Prince of Peace, an overwhelming sense of peace consumes You and it’s not necessarily because you prayed for it but it is because you have been with Him who holds peace. Additionally, in the place of intimacy, God shares “burdens” with you. I don’t know if “burdens” is the right word but things that God needs someone to pray about so that He can enforce change, God begins to share them with you. You start to understand His desire to save all mankind and you start to love as He does. All this happens because you become intimate with Him.
My prayer is that you’ll become more intimate with the Lord because after all, we are His children.
Intimacy- spending time with God and having meaningful encounters
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