Intimacy

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20111-118&version=NIV

Just a brief thought not really about these Psalms, but brought one as I read them. The thought is this: The psalmist must have lead a life intimately connected to God. The Psalmist lived a life of thankfulness and praise, of faith and trust, of prayer and calling out for rescue, of expectation that God would deliver and seeing him do exactly that. A life where he could not help but proclaim the work and the glory of God to all who would listen.

God has been teaching me a lot lately about intimacy with him. About how well he knows us, how much he loves us, how much he desires to be with us. I am certain God’s desire for each of us is to be in constant communication with him. Imagine a life lived like that – where ever breath is a prayer, where everything is taken before God in faith. A life where we walk in touch with the Spirit so He can direct our thoughts, our actions, our words. A life where our very desires are one and the same with God’s because we are so close to him. Jesus lived a life like that. Is it possible that we also are able to live like that?

I’m thinking the answer is yes. In fact, I’m quite certain. I’m certain because of the promises in God’s word found in the following verses:

Draw near to god and He will draw near to you. James 4:8

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me. Revelation 3:20

I have given them the glory you gave me, that they may be one as we are one; I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. John 17:22-23

And so I continue to pray that God would build this intimacy in my life with him. I chose to open the door daily, hourly, constantly, and invite him into my life. I chose to draw near to him in prayer, in praise, in thanksgiving, in worship, and in community and expect him to draw near to me. By the power of God I chose to find out what Christ meant when he said that we would be able to do all these things he did and more. I ask that God would build in me a deep desire for intimacy with him and then lead me into that relationship.

So that’s just my heart today. Thanks for letting me share it with you.

Today's blog was submitted by Carol Bartels