Intimacy is something we all desire ,but something many of us have gotten wrong. From the beginning God created each of us with that desire. If you were like me you will probably wonder why the God of the whole earth ,who never needed anything will want to have such a close relationship with me.
Mankind was never created for himself or to be independent of God. Outside of God man is empty,never happy or satisfied ,because God is missing in our hearts.
Intimacy in our relationships will also be hard to achieve because we have missed it with God.
Since this is the prayer room, intimacy is key in the prayer room. The many frustrations in our prayer room is a direct result of the lack of intimacy. Many of want to pray effectively ,be heard on high but we are strangers to God,at best many of us stand at the entrance or gate of the palace of the king to make our requests.And we are suprised that we are not heard. Friends, where there is intimacy a whisper can be heard loud and clear,and it is enough. John the apostle often called the beloved,or the disciple whom Jesus loved,had special place in the Lord. John was always seen resting in the bossom of the Lord,all the other disciples had the same opportunity but only John dared to draw that close.The others were satisfied to send john errands as third parties. How close are you to God,or how close do you want to be?.you determine it.
when my husband and i go to church together,i will wait until it's time for offering and then i take his wallet and remove the amount i want.so after a while he just gives me the wallet to hold ,sometimes it is empty .so one day instead of dropping his wallet he put in his back pocket ,so i told him to drop it that his wallet was save with me. The point here is that because am so close to my husband i can just take his wallet ,no other woman can walk up to my husband and take his wallet.
John did not need to shout for the Lord Jesus to hear him,so also with each of us who dare to draw close to Him. In john15 Jesus making a case for intimacy said
''if you abide in me and my words abide in you , you shall ask what you will and it shall be done for you. The reason Jesus choose the disciples is primarily so they can be with Him,before He sends them to preach . It is in being with him at such close proximity that they saw that Jesus prayed a lot,and the impact of that prayer in His life and ministry. It stirred up a hunger in them to pray like Him And so they asked Him,'Lord teach us to pray---' my husband david often says that prayer is a spirit or grace and it is caught faster than it is taught.That's why when you are around those who pray a lot,the tendency is you desire to pray more .
To establish intimacy with God ,you have to be a worshipper. some one who loves to praise God,adore Him ,and most times just Love on Him. Like mary of bethany showered upon Him her most precious ointment --mark14.Have you ever read songs of solomon to the Lord,it's a good place to start. pour out your love ,affection ,devotion on Him constantly,in season and out of season, and like solomon He will come to you and ask''what do you want?''.will it not be great if God will ask you what you want for once?.Friends intimacy will bring us there.
Another thing we must do ,is to be in the word at all times.it is the word that reveals to us who God is ,and how to relate to Him.with out the constant ,regular bible study ,we will not know how to reach Him,encounter Him,much less pleasing Him. Obedience to the word is also key ,because the psalms 25 says,'' the secret of the Lord is revealed to those who fear Him,and in john15 ,he says, those who do His will and obey His command,will be answered by His father.
'' Those who know their God shall be strong ,and they shall do exploits---''' daniel12vs32. simply put this verse is saying,only those who are really close to God ,to know Him personsally, intimately can partake of His strength and might to prevail in these difficult times we are. The same word 'know 'is the same word used for the intimate sexual relationship between a man and his wife ,for example in genesis 4vs1 ''and Adam knew his wife eve and she conceived---'' This is the height of human relationship,for lack of better or adequate words ,it is also used to describe the desired height of our closeness to our God and our maker.
Friends,we are not talking about head knowledge but experiencing and having an encounter with the God of the whole earth. Mary magdalene encountered him and her life was never the same again,at the tomb,when she thought all hope was lost,He called her ''Mary''--.Does He know you by name.Hagar encountered Him in her affliction and said ''i have looked upon the God who sees me in secret' .
we should not be afraid of Knowing God, it is His will for us that we know Him. In genesis the bible says God comes to the garden of eden to fellowship with Adam and Eve in the cool of the day. He still desires that fellowship with you and i today. when is your cool of the day?. Our fear should rather be not knowing God .In 2012 let's make it our vision and pursuit to know this awesome God that loves us inspite of us.
Like the woman of samaria at the well,who ran to town after her encounter with Christ, ''come see the man that told me everything i ever did,is this not the messiah?.'' it is definitely the messiah,therefore let's come and see Him. pray this prayer of the apostle paul before the end of this year,''that i may know Him---.let it be your desire ,hunger, passion,until like mary He terminates what's He is doing to attend to you and reveal Himself to you ,and call you by name.Jesus was returning to heaven after His resurrection when mary's prayer and passion ,tears stopped Him half way to return to answer her.'mary----do not cling to me ,for i have not yet ascended to my father;but go tell my brethren-------''john20vs17
until next time ,let's light up our prayer rooms.
Mankind was never created for himself or to be independent of God. Outside of God man is empty,never happy or satisfied ,because God is missing in our hearts.
Intimacy in our relationships will also be hard to achieve because we have missed it with God.
Since this is the prayer room, intimacy is key in the prayer room. The many frustrations in our prayer room is a direct result of the lack of intimacy. Many of want to pray effectively ,be heard on high but we are strangers to God,at best many of us stand at the entrance or gate of the palace of the king to make our requests.And we are suprised that we are not heard. Friends, where there is intimacy a whisper can be heard loud and clear,and it is enough. John the apostle often called the beloved,or the disciple whom Jesus loved,had special place in the Lord. John was always seen resting in the bossom of the Lord,all the other disciples had the same opportunity but only John dared to draw that close.The others were satisfied to send john errands as third parties. How close are you to God,or how close do you want to be?.you determine it.
when my husband and i go to church together,i will wait until it's time for offering and then i take his wallet and remove the amount i want.so after a while he just gives me the wallet to hold ,sometimes it is empty .so one day instead of dropping his wallet he put in his back pocket ,so i told him to drop it that his wallet was save with me. The point here is that because am so close to my husband i can just take his wallet ,no other woman can walk up to my husband and take his wallet.
John did not need to shout for the Lord Jesus to hear him,so also with each of us who dare to draw close to Him. In john15 Jesus making a case for intimacy said
''if you abide in me and my words abide in you , you shall ask what you will and it shall be done for you. The reason Jesus choose the disciples is primarily so they can be with Him,before He sends them to preach . It is in being with him at such close proximity that they saw that Jesus prayed a lot,and the impact of that prayer in His life and ministry. It stirred up a hunger in them to pray like Him And so they asked Him,'Lord teach us to pray---' my husband david often says that prayer is a spirit or grace and it is caught faster than it is taught.That's why when you are around those who pray a lot,the tendency is you desire to pray more .
To establish intimacy with God ,you have to be a worshipper. some one who loves to praise God,adore Him ,and most times just Love on Him. Like mary of bethany showered upon Him her most precious ointment --mark14.Have you ever read songs of solomon to the Lord,it's a good place to start. pour out your love ,affection ,devotion on Him constantly,in season and out of season, and like solomon He will come to you and ask''what do you want?''.will it not be great if God will ask you what you want for once?.Friends intimacy will bring us there.
Another thing we must do ,is to be in the word at all times.it is the word that reveals to us who God is ,and how to relate to Him.with out the constant ,regular bible study ,we will not know how to reach Him,encounter Him,much less pleasing Him. Obedience to the word is also key ,because the psalms 25 says,'' the secret of the Lord is revealed to those who fear Him,and in john15 ,he says, those who do His will and obey His command,will be answered by His father.
'' Those who know their God shall be strong ,and they shall do exploits---''' daniel12vs32. simply put this verse is saying,only those who are really close to God ,to know Him personsally, intimately can partake of His strength and might to prevail in these difficult times we are. The same word 'know 'is the same word used for the intimate sexual relationship between a man and his wife ,for example in genesis 4vs1 ''and Adam knew his wife eve and she conceived---'' This is the height of human relationship,for lack of better or adequate words ,it is also used to describe the desired height of our closeness to our God and our maker.
Friends,we are not talking about head knowledge but experiencing and having an encounter with the God of the whole earth. Mary magdalene encountered him and her life was never the same again,at the tomb,when she thought all hope was lost,He called her ''Mary''--.Does He know you by name.Hagar encountered Him in her affliction and said ''i have looked upon the God who sees me in secret' .
we should not be afraid of Knowing God, it is His will for us that we know Him. In genesis the bible says God comes to the garden of eden to fellowship with Adam and Eve in the cool of the day. He still desires that fellowship with you and i today. when is your cool of the day?. Our fear should rather be not knowing God .In 2012 let's make it our vision and pursuit to know this awesome God that loves us inspite of us.
Like the woman of samaria at the well,who ran to town after her encounter with Christ, ''come see the man that told me everything i ever did,is this not the messiah?.'' it is definitely the messiah,therefore let's come and see Him. pray this prayer of the apostle paul before the end of this year,''that i may know Him---.let it be your desire ,hunger, passion,until like mary He terminates what's He is doing to attend to you and reveal Himself to you ,and call you by name.Jesus was returning to heaven after His resurrection when mary's prayer and passion ,tears stopped Him half way to return to answer her.'mary----do not cling to me ,for i have not yet ascended to my father;but go tell my brethren-------''john20vs17
until next time ,let's light up our prayer rooms.
Very profound...may God continue to grant you the grace to keep up with this work. well done mum.
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