“O God, You are my God; early will
I seek You; my soul thirst for You; My flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty
land where there is no water. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and
fatness, and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.”—Psalm 63:1,5
The word communion means to have a feeling of emotional or spiritual
closeness. When you have a shared
closeness to someone either emotional or spiritual, you share a connection, in
other words, you have a relationship. God
created men and women to be in a shared relationship with Him enjoying the
beauty of their communion with Him.
However, sin entered the human race and that intimate relationship was
broken, and it has been passed down through the generations in that damaged
condition.
But, as you may know, that is not
the end of the story. God sent His son
Jesus to die in our place so our sins might be forgiven and our relationship
with Him restored. Through faith in
Christ, we are adopted into God’s family and belong to Him forever—just as He originally
meant for it to be. We are restored to
Him, and He has provided us with everything we need to experience intimacy with
Him.
We commune with God though His Word,
through time spent in His presence, through the fellowship of other believers,
through the Holy Spirit, and as the Apostle Paul wrote, “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the
fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death” (Philippians
3:10).
If you have drifted away from having
an intimate relationship with Him, no matter what the reason may be, today, I
encourage you to draw near to your Heavenly Father, and experience the blessings of knowing Him more today than you
did yesterday.
Prayer—Father
I purpose in my heart to draw near to You.
Forgive me for the times I have let other things stand in the way of our
relationship. Thank You for revealing
Yourself to me in a more intimate way in Jesus Name. Amen.
