Connecting with God
Ps. 63:3 – ‘Because your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.’
In his book ‘Objects of His Affection’, Scotty Smith shares his journey of learning to personally experience the passionate love of God. As a young boy, he lost his mother suddenly in a car accident. Because of this, he closed off his wounded heart to others – including God. Several years later he received Jesus as his Savior and began to learn the truths about Christianity. Yet his relationship with the Lord in those days was, as he described, “side by side rather than face to face. Important, but not intimate.”
Do you ever feel that way? You talk to the Lord a little bit, read His words in the Bible, but don’t sense a passionate connection with Him like that expressed by the psalmist David in Ps. 63. Scotty suggests ways to overcome the obstacles to intimacy, from which we may glean these two ideas.
Live honestly. Open up to the Lord about the pain of your losses and admit your failures. And ponder and believe the Scripture about God’s character and His longing for you. Being close in a relationship takes time and effort – even when it’s with the Lord. As Scotty Smith says, ‘God pursues us in our relentlessness, receives us in our sinfulness, and holds us in our brokenness.’ (ODB- AC).
In his book ‘Objects of His Affection’, Scotty Smith shares his journey of learning to personally experience the passionate love of God. As a young boy, he lost his mother suddenly in a car accident. Because of this, he closed off his wounded heart to others – including God. Several years later he received Jesus as his Savior and began to learn the truths about Christianity. Yet his relationship with the Lord in those days was, as he described, “side by side rather than face to face. Important, but not intimate.”
Do you ever feel that way? You talk to the Lord a little bit, read His words in the Bible, but don’t sense a passionate connection with Him like that expressed by the psalmist David in Ps. 63. Scotty suggests ways to overcome the obstacles to intimacy, from which we may glean these two ideas.
Live honestly. Open up to the Lord about the pain of your losses and admit your failures. And ponder and believe the Scripture about God’s character and His longing for you. Being close in a relationship takes time and effort – even when it’s with the Lord. As Scotty Smith says, ‘God pursues us in our relentlessness, receives us in our sinfulness, and holds us in our brokenness.’ (ODB- AC).
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