STEEMCHURCH | INTIMACY WITH GOD
Having a reference to God, is not the same as knowing him, for this you need a deeper step: INTIMACY.
Someone intimate of God is one who has earned the trust of God. Someone who respectfully approaches him and has spiritually developed his senses to know his Voice, feel his footsteps and walk under the light of his word, prayer makes sense, does not worship superficially but knows that God is Omniscient and Omnipresent, that he can see, hear and feel a mortal who has been purified by the blood of Christ; A God who is closely related to his children.
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God reveals his privacy (Is.45: 3) "and I will give you the treasures hidden, and the secrets closely guarded, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who gives you a name."
This is wonderful, is not it? Who would not like to go step by step, taken by the hand of the Almighty? Who will not feel honored when God says I'm going to do something and that person should know it because it's my trust? the case of Abraham when the impending trial approached Sodom and Gomorrah.
And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them accompanying them.
And Jehovah said: I will cover Abraham what I am going to do?
(Genesis 18; 16.17)
God loves with an intimacy that surpasses our thoughts, His desire made Jesus come to earth to restore that communion with man, his name means Immanuel: God with man; Jesus is the greatest example when in humility, intimacy and obedience he opened a path to the Father.
It is so fundamental the communion with God that Jesus spoke of remaining in Him.
"For apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15; 5), it would be in vain!
Before the departure of Jesus, the disciples were sad thinking that they would be alone, but the perfect plan of God gave an endorsement to the Christian through the Holy Spirit, this is the echo of his words:
And I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, so that he may be with you forever: The Spirit of truth, whom the world can not receive, because it does not see him, nor know him; But you know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.
(John 14: 16,17)
Now we can enjoy a Sweet Communion with the Holy Spirit, He searches the mind of God, and intercedes in us with unspeakable groans (Romans 8; 26)
As Christians, we are not infallible, there are external and internal factors that damage our intimacy with God, when this happens, we must be honest and express our concerns before God.
Do not pretend to do everything right, sincerely see the Lord, He will not be surprised or impacted by what you say. Say that you feel it, remember that what he most wants is to have an intimate relationship with you.
Luke 18
10 Two men went up to the temple to pray: one was a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11 The Pharisee, standing up, prayed to himself in this way: God, I thank you that I am not like other men, thieves, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector;
12 I fast twice a week, I give tithes of everything I earn.
13 But the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
14 I tell you that he went down to his house justified before the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled; and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
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Beautiful use of scriptures. I really do like the way you based your writeup on the scriptures. It would not make sense if one talks about intimacy with God, without us hearing from God.
God knows the true condition of our hearts, so he draws close to those that draw close to him.
Thank you brother @jaff8 for commenting, intimacy is sacred, it is the meeting of two hearts, God's with ours, that's nice
God wants to have an intimate relationship with us but we can only draw closer to Him if we completely trust Him and His plans for us.
Fine write-up.
That's right brother @murfie, I understand why David was saying; better is one day in your atrium than a thousand outside of them, thank you for commenting
Yoy really have a point there because we cant boast of having a close relationship with God while it can not be seen in you, many of us may have reference to God but yet we cannot decern his voice which indicates that font has a close relationship with him just like we will be able to know our mothers voice whenever and wherever she is even if we are blind so will we know his voice when he speaks to us
Amen @lenawrite, When there is communion your voice is not strange to us, thank you for commenting
There are so many things that cut our relationship with God or reduce our intimacy with him but I believe constant meditation and prayers should revive our relationship with him.
God loves us dearly and really wants a close relationship with us.
Amen @sahodion, The key is not to leave your atrium, the Holy Spirit helps us, thanks for entering and reading my post
Excellent publication.
It is true. The only way to access God with intimacy is to love him. And, when you love, you receive love.
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Thanks for the good comment ,@jorgehh blessings
Great Lorennys, the intimate communion of God is with those who fear him, he will let them know his covenant, (Psalm 25; 14) thumbs up, every day I visit steemchurch for his spiritual wealth that I find in the wisdom of his parishioners
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Thanks @emiliocabrera, I love that verse, the Steem Church provides solid teachings for the crusade of freedom, opposing all forms of evil, hugs
Good post! Thank you for sharing.I follow you
Thanks for visiting my post, blessings