Relationships…. interesting topic right? For some of you, it’s all you talk about, for others… you dread the subject! You get young people talking about relationships and it can go on for hours, whether you like or not. But what is it about relationships that makes us shiver a bit and get excited? What comes into our mind?
Lets face it; as young people … as human beings we need relationship. It’s the way God has created us. He has made us intimate beings! What does it mean to be intimate?
WEBSTER:
Intimacy; 1) Feeling of being intimate and belonging together (and all the girls go ‘awww!’)
2) Something of a personal or private nature
Intimate; 1) Showing a profound and detailed knowledge and understanding as from long study
2) Indicating knowledge of personal details that only a close confidant could have
Wow! It’s a little more deep than what we thought! Are you intimate with anyone like what is described above?
It seems so easy to become intimate with someone. As young people we tend to give ourselves away so easily. When you meet someone that you find attractive, it’s so easy to get caught up in what you see and you find yourself drowning in the emotional pool that you can create. But have you ever stopped and asked yourself why is it so hard to become intimate with God?
What is it that holds us back from giving ourselves so freely and easily as we do to others… to God?
Is it because we know the sacrifices that God requires of us? Is it because we are looking for fleshly satisfaction rather than spiritual and healthy satisfaction?
Whatever it may be… God REQUIRES that we have close intimacy with Him!
How can we serve our God, give our lives over to Him and not know the deepest part of Him? Not know His heart, His mind?
We have to understand the cause that we are fighting for and the only way to find that out is by having the same passion and heart as the one we are following. It’s amazing what will happen when we begin to ask God for his heart. He will begin to change the way we look at the world. When you drown yourself in God and are consumed by Him, you are no longer fighting for yourself, you are no longer “just a christian”, you no longer see church as “following the rules” or “going through the routine” but you begin to see people the way God see’s people. You see past their mistakes, you see past their faults and sin and you begin to see the person that God falls in love with and died for.
When we become close to God, he will begin to show us things that we can only know when we are close to Him. He will open our eyes to much bigger things.
How do we obtain this intimacy with God? What does it cost?
John 3:30 He must become greater; I must become less.
WE BECOME LESS! The only way that we will ever reach the heart of God is to humble ourselves and realize that we are nothing without Him! We need to realize that it goes beyond our talents, our successes and even our failures!
Without God, we can not survive! It’s not about what position we hold, what events we are involved in. All of that is temporary! Sooner or later our time will pass, all of that will go away and God will bring in fresh voices that He is raising up. But if we are so dependent on our talents and agenda’s what will happen when all of that is no longer valid? Will we still have a solid foundational relationship with the one we love? Or will you have been so blinded with your ‘15 min. of fame’ that you forgot the one who you fell in love with?
God forbid, we use God in that way. We must live our lives for the cause. It’s time that we go back and fall in love with Him all over again!
When you are in love with someone, you put yourself aside. You don’t think about what you need or what you want, all you care about is that the other person is happy. You will do whatever is in your power to always have the best for them, to make them happy, even if it means sacrificing your own dreams and happiness.
Are we truly in love with God?
would we be willing to sacrifice our dreams and happiness to follow Him?
I once heard a preaching with the title “What will You do when the party is over?”
When we are done enjoying the opportunities that God has given us, when it’s all said and done… will we still be truly in love with Him…will we be able to recognize our lover?
God forbid, we would be so lost in ourselves that we forget what the touch of God feels like, what His sweet voice sounds like….
John 3:30 He must become greater; I must become less.
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