God created human beings to
hunger for cherished relationships with each other and with Him. Intimacy is
one of the key ingredients for this successful connection.
We can know about one another and
about God in a superficial sense that does not involve romance or the heart.
"Knowing" in its simplest form only involves a head knowledge.
In contrast, in the garden the
first couple experienced a deep, close unity and fellowship with God and with
one another. They enjoyed an unfathomable friendship, a kinship of belonging to
God and each other.
As our Father God, our Bridegroom
and our Good Shepherd, the Trinity cares for all of our intimacy needs. We
trust God with our life and we look to Him to provide for all of our essential
aspects of life.
As a couple, we experience a
union of one flesh; as authentic Christians we enjoy a state of oneness with
the Trinity that is similar to that which Jesus enjoyed with our Father and His
Spirit.
Intimacy does not occur
automatically. It takes focus, planning and purposeful time spent in each
other's presence. We make the time in our busy life to spend quality time with
both God and our spouse.
We even make space in our
schedule for us and our spouse to spend time together with God. We share in
times of being led by God's Spirit. We thrill at these special moments of
intimacy with God both singly and as a couple.
We rejoice with each other as we
experience divine appointments together and as individuals. We encourage one
another to walk in the Spirit and not to rely on our flesh and human reason in
making decisions and in our daily walk through life.
Rather than living by our human
skill and superficial wisdom, we individually, and as a couple acknowledge God
and seek His will for us in each moment of every day (Proverb 3:5-6). We love
God with our whole body, soul and spirit.
Prayer:
Father God, remind us to spend
large amounts of our time seeking more intimacy with You and getting to know
You more deeply than ever before. Help us to make our time with You and our
spouse as the focus of our purpose in life. We put our service in Your Kingdom,
our career, our extended family, our vocation, our hobbies, etc. as lesser
priorities when compared to spending quality time as Your child and as a
spouse.
Help us to communicate to You and
our spouse that we value our relationship with both of You as the most
important relationships that we enjoy in this life. Teach us that when we get
our priorities lined up with Your Word, we enjoy more serenity, success and
fulfillment than we ever thought possible on this side of heaven.
Thought for the Day:
True Love is
more of an action than a feeling; and as long as we have breath, we can serve
one another and God with His agape, unconditional love.
