Author : Les Herron
What comes to mind when you hear the word intimacy? A mental picture I see is two people huddled close together having a personal conversation. Or even deeper, the word intimacy paints a picture of sexual interaction between two lovers. Intimacy is a word that conjures up feelings of closeness, nurture, love, and kindness.Intimacy is a scary word because it takes two people to find intimacy. To be involved in intimacy means we must be engaged. There cannot be one person intimate in a conversation as that defies the meaning of the word itself. In the same way you cannot have one person intimate in sexual interaction and not the other…that is not intimacy.Intimacy implies openness. It is an exchange. There is a giving over that occurs in intimacy. And the giving over is at the deepest levels we can possibly reach.That is what the Lord desires from us.There are several beautiful pictures of intimacy with our Lord but one that shows us what intimacy is not. The story is the one of a man and woman brought together into relationship through marriage but after 20 years there is no intimacy. Is this couple still talking? Absolutely. Is this couple still having sex? Maybe.But there is no closeness; no exchange of life; no love that continues to deepen. This shows a picture of relationship and the acts of relationship without the depth of intimacy; without the openness of all God has made us to be.Christian marriages are not failing at the same rate as non-believers because they don't have enough teaching about the marriage relationship. Our marriages are failing because while we have been looking for rules to govern our relationships we've missed the deeper spiritual principle of intimacy that God declares from Genesis to Revelation; the heart condition that breeds intimacy with our spouse; our lover; our God-gift.The same is true of our spiritual life. If we want to live the abundant life then let us stay away from the rules of relationship that allow for a cordial, controlled, and safe interaction with God and plunge head first (and heart) into intimacy with God.I know that I have a relationship with God; but not necessarily intimacy. I want to move towards intimacy with God and forget about all the other stuff that religion tells me is important. I want to know Him better than I know all the fleshly things around me.This one thing I want—to be in His presence.
Keyword : intimacy, god, christ, jesus, christian, religion, closeness, church, relationship, marriage, love
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