What does it mean to have intimacy with God? - Intimacy - TouchPoints
Psalm 1:2But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night.
Spending a great deal of time with God leads to intimacy.
Psalm 103:11For his unfailing love . . . is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
This whole psalm describes how you can have an intimate relationship with God.
Hosea 2:16-20“When that day comes,” 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. I will be faithful to you and make you mine, and you will finally know me as the Lord.”
1 John 3:1See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children.
God reaches out to you, offering an intimate relationship—as intimate as husband and wife or father and child—a commitment that is forever, a love relationship such as we have never known before.
Matthew 5:8“God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.”
Intimacy involves coming to God with a clean heart and pure motives.
Zephaniah 3:17“For the Lord your God is living among you. . . . He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
The Lord God, Creator of the universe, is singing songs about you! What a portrait of a loving, intimate God.
Genesis 28:15“I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”
Exodus 33:14The Lord replied, “I will personally go with you.”
Psalm 23:1“The Lord is my shepherd . . .”
Matthew 28:20“And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
The Lord is with you, as close as you want him to be, as long as you let him be, until the end of life. These are vows of permanent intimacy with you.