Intimacy with God-Builds Trust

True intimacy with God is not about “knowing” Who He is. It is about having an intimate relationship with Him through reading His Word, Praying, Praise, Worship, and communication with Him. It is the kind of intimacy with our Lord Jesus Christ where you incorporate Him into your everyday life.

Speaking to Him on Sunday at church and then ignoring Him the rest of the week is not going to work. Your Heavenly Father wants to have a true and authentic relationship with you. Just like you speak to your spouse, your children, your family, and friends; the Lord wants to have a personal relationship with you.

Imagine talking to your spouse or your children once a week and then not saying a word to them every other day. Unfortunately this is the intimate level that a lot of Christians have with the Lord. Every single believer of Jesus Christ has the free Gift of the Holy Spirit living on the inside us. One of His primary roles is to guide us into all truth, John 16:13.

The Spirit of God will help you establish intimate fellowship with the Lord but it will require you spending time with Him. There are a variety of ways that you can grow greater intimacy with God. For instance: take designated time out of every day in God’s Word. Develop your own personal Bible Study where it is just you, the Lord, and His Word. Spend intentional time in God’s presence praying in your Heavenly language.

Developing an intimate relationship with the Lord requires that you are fully submitted to His will for your life with the understanding that you can do nothing without Him. I know there have been many times in my life when I tried to do things within my own strength and it led me down the wrong path every single time. You have to get to a place in your life where you trust God to such an extent that you do not lean on your own understanding, but you allow Him to direct your path. He wants nothing more than the best for every one of us and loves us more than we can even imagine.  

When you come to that revelation of God through having a true authentic relationship with Him you will understand that He is absolute love. The problem is that most of us don’t spend enough time with Him to recognize His character or to know the His Spirit. So, you don’t trust His voice when you hear Him speaking because it is unfamiliar to you. This is the case with every relationship whether it is with the Lord, your partner, or close friends.  

For example, think back to when you met your spouse for the very first time. You didn’t trust everything he or she said to you just yet. Why? They were a complete stranger and you didn’t know them enough to feel like you could trust every single thing that they had to say. As you spent time with them and truly got to know their character, you began to let your guard down. The same goes with your relationship with our Heavenly Father.

The more time that you spend with Him the more you get to know Him on a much deeper level. The first step to enhancing your intimacy with the Lord is by developing spiritual disciplines: praying in your heavenly language as often as possible, fasting, worshiping God in Spirit and truth, John 4:24.

You will find as you begin to truly develop a deep relationship with the Lord, your level of trust in Who He is will grow tremendously.

I have many articles regarding the importance of your relationship with the Lord: Praise His Name, The Power of Praise, The importance of Reading Your Bible-Builds Your Faith, and The Importance of Reading Your Bible-Shows us How to Love.

Now, I am going to go over some passages of Scripture that disclose the importance of intimacy with God.