Intimacy With The Lord

Week 19: May 13, 2009

Intimacy with the Lord

When I received the assignment to write this week's Connection Point, I quickly realized I didn?t know where to start are what to write. I did realize that I needed the favor of God for today?s assignment on my life.

I needed extraordinary and uncommon favor with the King. He invited me to enter into the inner chambers of the palace, to meet with Him in this secret place face to face. We were created to be in fellowship with our Lord through worship, praise and His living Word. The favor of God comes through intimacy with God and the level of our favor is related to the level of our worship in that intimate lifestyle.

God calls us to do all manner of things which we may have no clue how to accomplish. The call drives us to the inner chamber to meet with God and seek His wisdom, discernment and favor. We need to realize His call and desire this fellowship and soak in the blessing of being with Him. Our highest priority is worshiping God. Worship comes from the heart. What does your heart look like? The heart is like a home having many rooms. What are the rooms in your heart filled with? Are they filled with STUFF; the things of life? Is there room in our hearts for Jesus? Does His brightness out shine the sparkle of the world? What ever the STUFF is, we need to clear the STUFF so God can give us the passion for His presence.

Responsibility comes with relationship. What does God like and what doesn?t He like? What pleases Him? We must spend time with Him through His Word, in prayer, and minister to Him through worship. The scripture says to meditate on the Lord in the night watches, for He is our help, therefore, in the shadow of Thy wings will we rejoice.

This past Sunday was Mother?s Day. It was a time to reflect on and honor relationships. Everyday is a day to pursue intimacy with the Lord. In Matt. 15:8 the Lord speaks of those who honored God with their lips but their hearts were far from Him. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. Ps. 145:18

I pray that you will experience intimacy with God this week as you reflect on His presence in the rooms of your heart.


Woody