Desiring God

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. Perhaps you are in a situation where you think, I want to love God more, I want to deepen my intimacy with Him, I want to desire Him more, but you are not sure how to go about it. Well, we need to realise that though part of it rests with us, there are somethings that are out of our hands. 1 John 4v19 (King James Version) says “We love Him because He first loved us.”

Ephesians 5v25-29 (The Living Bible) expands more on the love of God, saying “And you husbands, show the same kind of love to your wives as Christ showed to the Church when He died for her, to make her holy and clean, washed by baptism and God’s Word; so that He could give her to himself as a glorious Church without a single spot or wrinkle or any other blemish, being holy and without a single fault. That is how husbands should treat their wives, loving them as parts of themselves. For since a man and his wife are now one, a man is really doing himself a favor and loving himself when he loves his wife!  No one hates his own body but lovingly cares for it, just as Christ cares for His body the Church, of which we are parts.” It’s like we are the bride of Christ who He woos and who we care for.

When we give our lives and hearts to Him, we are put in a position where we can begin to please Him. Before then we couldn’t please Him, and we definitely couldn’t love Him, for remember without faith, it is impossible to please God. They that come to the Father must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11v6). Romans 8v8-9 (Classic Amplified Version) also tells us that “So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him. But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls you]. But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God].”

That said, we can desire greater intimacy and knowledge of Him. We can take steps to ensure that we are not enstranged from Him but know Him more. The Psalmist in Psalm 42v1-2 (New International Version) expresses his desire this way “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?”

Prayer

Father, we thank You for Your Word this day. We want to know You more. We long for You. We thirst for You. Reveal Yourself to us, let us enjoy deep intimacy with the Spirit, and with You in Jesus name, amen.