O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as
you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness
all around you? Psalm 89:8
you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness
all around you? Psalm 89:8
Seeking intimacy with the Almighty, the
God of all creation, the One and Only Eternal God is a relationship worthy of
pursuit! It is difficult to imagine that as God’s children when we kneel in
prayer we actually enter the throne room of our Heavenly Father. Yet in the
Revelation of Jesus Christ to John on the Isle of Patmos, Revelation 5:8
confirms that there are “golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of
the saints. (ESV)
God knows my name—your name. Psalm 139
reveals some things God knows about each of us. He knew me before He formed me. As a writer I grasp that concept in a limited
way. Before I put a character on paper, I already know her, where she came
from, what she has been through, what she is hiding from others. I have an
intimate relationship with that character because I created her.
Psalm 139 continues to tell us that God
wrote down the number of my days before I had lived one of them. Verse 17
conveys that God thinks about me—that His thoughts toward me are priceless and innumerable.
He sees me and knows what is in my heart—when I sit down and get up and what I
am thinking. God knows exactly how I live and what I speak.
Yet, knowing me—knowing you—knowing my
faults and failures, my warts and wrinkles, my pride and inconsistent love for
others, His steadfast love for me holds on and will not let me go! In Luke 11:9
God’s Word encourages me to ask, seek, knock—I must do that by prayer. In
Revelation 3:20 Christ says, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone
hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and
he with me.” (ESV)
We have an invitation to intimacy with
Almighty God. He is calling us to know Him, and I cannot think of a more worthy
pursuit in all of life than to know my God. So, I will keep seeking, asking,
knocking on the door to the throne room of heaven. And I will continue to open
my heart’s door to the Almighty. I want to sit with Him, listening as He speaks
to my heart of the wonders of His will for my life. I want to see Him in His
power and glory. I want to know Him like I have never known Him before.
Whether He whispers my name or causes
circumstances to direct my path, whether I am excited or fearful in His
service, whether I am already equipped to do His calling or am walking on new
ground; I trust His steadfast merciful faithfulness to bring about in my life
those things which will bring honor and glory to the Almighty Loving Merciful Creator
Eternal God.
You may be far ahead of me on your journey
to intimacy with Almighty God, or you may be just beginning. Either way there
is joy in the journey as we draw closer to the day when we shall see Him face
to face. In the meantime, I pray that you and I will allow nothing to interfere
with our quest for intimacy with Almighty God!
©JP
2013
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