What is intimacy in the Lord?
I just learned of a new way to see intimacy as IN-TO-ME-SEE.
How deep do we allow others to see us? Thinking about the deep connections with family or friends, how can this relate to our intimacy with the Lord? Can we truly give HIM all of ourselves, unapologetically?
Thinking about my own journey with allowing myself to be vulnerable with my close family and friends, this definitely has proven to be a very difficult task. Allowing myself to give space for people to speak into my life, in areas that were painful, or even intimate personal things. I was so guarded. I didn’t want any one to “know me” but at the same time, I wanted to be known, to be seen. This was such a conflicting feeling and desire. I wanted my loved ones to know me for me, to be able to know my habits, call me out if I came out of character, or to encourage me when they saw me going down a negative spiral. Even as I write this I can tell you that I still have a lot of opening up to do.
Going deeper into my thoughts on this, I have to acknowledge and poise to question; How does this same blockage affect my relationship with God. How deep do I really want to go with HIM. How much do I really want HIM to see and know about me? Sounds kind of silly, since HE is God and HE knows everything, but the fact remains that HE is a loving God. HE wants us to be able to know HIM and to do that we need to spend intimate time with HIM. We can see this in Exodus 33 when Moses goes into the tabernacle and the Lord comes to worship with Moses.
I’ve had many moments where I would pray to God and say “I want to know YOU, I want YOU to know me”. However there were and honestly speaking still are areas where I can allow myself to be open about with HIM. The wonderful thing about all of this is that it’s not a race, but a marathon. Not a destination but an exhilarating journey.
Have you allowed yourself to be vulnerable with family, friends or even God? Have you truly opened yourself up for correction, growth, accountability or just plain authenticity?
What is one thing that you can open up about? What is one thing you can say “Hey, I’m going to trust YOU, LORD in this one area” and allow HIM to show you that HE can be trusted with that pain or deep dark secret? Who in your life can you see yourself giving a shot at trusting?
Give it a shot, you just might be surprised at the result. I learned this simple but profound truth: “YOU CAN’T TRUST, IF YOU DON’T TRUST” In other words, if you don’t try and trust you will always have trouble trusting. Some even say “you can’t trust someone who doesn’t trust you”. Give it a go! Let me know how it goes…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: EXODUS 33
“And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.”
Exodus 33:9, 11 NKJV
Osbert Maldonado
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