Entry from – The Place of Divine Intimacy
Understanding the privilege of having alone time with God has transforming power when we apply that understanding to worship and prayer. Picture the Creator of the world, His eyes fully focused on us with love and admiration, hearing each word we say. Does that image not change our perception of challenging times? We can be assured we are under divine care in those moments. With underlying knowledge that each of our words is held and heard, we enter the potential to pray, believing the Lord of the universe holds our words personally and that ours is not just another of a billion prayers, but our prayer is uniquely heard and weighed. Our hopes, disappointments, and struggles are not merely identical to all other prayers breathed by countless others before us but are uniquely important to Him. Does this understanding not transform how we view God?
Perhaps this idea of God wanting such a close connection with us as individuals seems foreign. Why would the God of the universe, who has everything and needs nothing, desire closeness with us? Yet we find that our God, who is glorious, majestic, and excellent, desires to personally and intimately connect with us. It is so strange to us, but perhaps that is why we find hints regarding God’s heart on the matter again and again in scripture.
John the disciple wrote: “Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy” (1 John 1:3–4, NLT). The very idea of fellowship, camaraderie, or friendship with God was presented with a foreshadowed promise of joy. This understanding of the depth of God’s love for us was a passion of Paul’s, which he says brought him to his knees in prayers. In a desperate plea, he prayed that we would grasp how lovingly committed and devoted our Father is to us: “May you have the power to understand… may you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully” (Eph. 3:18–19, NLT).
Let us pray and worship under the intimate love-banner of all His offerings, knowing it is His heart for us to be under His covering of love. This is who we are. This is who God truly is to us, personal and present. May we invite these truths to powerfully transform us.
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The Place of Divine Intimacy 