Pursue Intimacy with Him

Hello everyone,

How are you today? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore.” Psalm 105v4 (AMP)

In a time where there are so many noises and things competing with our time and for our attention, we sometimes neglect the most important things. One of the most important being to retain always an awareness of who we are – God’s. And because we are His we know that we are connected to Him and cannot but abide in Him. As believer’s we also have the Holy Spirit with us and in us (John 14v16-17; 1 Corinthians 3v16), and He is there to guide us, lead us, comfort us, counsel us, be our friend, teach us, advocate for us e.t.c. But we sometimes neglect to fellowship with Him. Yes, He is with us, but we may not take time to acknowledge Him and involve Him in all that we are doing. One book title says “Too Busy Not to Pray: Slowing Down to be with God.” Moses understood the importance of having God’s presence with him, and the Bible says: “Then Moses said to him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that You are pleased with me and with Your people unless You go with us? What else will distinguish me and Your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?” (Exodus 33v15&16, NIV). David as well said, “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple” Psalm 27v4 (AMP). What then do we do? Seek intimacy with the Lord. Expand your devoted time to not just the minutes you spend time with the Lord in the morning, but maintaining a constant awareness of His moment by moment presence with you and involving Him in all that you do. Talk to Him J.

Supplementary Texts

“[That you may really come] to know [practically, [through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] [unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and [become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!” Ephesians 3v19 (AMP)

“In that day [it will be said of the redeemed nation of Israel], A vineyard beloved and lovely; sing a responsive song to it and about it! I, the Lord, am its Keeper; I water it every moment; lest anyone harm it, I guard and keep it night and day.” Isaiah 27v2-3 (KJV)

Prayer

Father, I thank You. Lord God Almighty, we want to grow in our knowledge of You and fellowship with You. We want to be intimate with You, we want to know You more, beyond just head knowledge. We want to fellowship with You all the day long and retain a constant awareness of Your presence in us and with us moment by moment. You are the Vine Lord and we are the branches. We receive our nourishment, guidance, love, comfort and direction from You. It is in You that we live and move and have our being and we know that apart from You we can do nothing. Let Your manifest presence be with us all the day long and those good works which You before ordained we walk in, let us walk in them in Jesus name, amen.