Intimacy takes time

Read Psalm 46:10-11

Intimacy with God. That’s a familiar phrase, but one that leaves us with the question, "How?" How do we go about building an intimate relationship with our Creator? The answer is one we may not want to hear —TIME. Not just time in the sense that it takes the years of a lifetime to know the character of our Heavenly Father, but the minutes required each day to build that relationship.

Intimacy comes with the investment of time, not just the desire of the heart. If I tell my husband, "I love you," and ignore him for the next few months, it doesn’t matter how strongly I feel those words, he thinks I’m lying. So it is with God. Without the investment of our lives, our words become meaningless.

Invest in knowing Him by communicating with Him throughout the day, learning His character through His Word, and praising Him with your life and words.

Shelley Giglio

 

God I want to know You
Show me who You are
I want to see Your glory
Show me who you are.
© 1992 David Bell and Rod Padgett

Shelley Giglio lives in Alpharetta, Georgia, where she manages sixstepsrecords and brings leadership to Passion Conferences and Choice Resources.  Shelley is a seeker of God and a woman of faith who desires that this generation live for Christ.