Intimacy with God

What does it mean to be intimate with God?

“I will be with you, and I will protect you wherever you go…I will be with you constantly until I have finished giving you everything I have promised.” Genesis 28:15

“In that coming day,” says the Lord, “you will call me ‘my Husband’ instead of my Master…I will make you My wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion.” Hosea 2:16, 19

The words God is love mean that God is the source of love, the only One who could create us with the ability to love. Therefore, no one knows as much about love as God does. Intimacy with God means experiencing His love to the fullest and returning that love to Him. The love He communicates is completely loyal, trusting, serving, and revealing. God created marriage, for example, to illustrate what an intimate relationship with Him should look like.

“The Lord your God has arrived to live among you… He will exult over you by singing a happy song.” Zephaniah 3:17

Source: One Year Mini for Women devotional book

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