“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.
