Hebrews 2:3
I know the majority of those who read this verse think of unbelievers who neglect the salvation of the lord, but I have no mind for that tonight. I suppose I have a much more selfish ambition in my mental wanderings.
Intimacy, what happens to us when we as believers neglect such an intimacy with the Christ?
I was driving the other day and I realized so many men are chasing power. We seek the lord to control his might power, that somehow through our prayers we can tame the lion of Judah and bend him to our will while all the while we confess to ourselves I am serving this beast I contain.
But power is nothing. If my heart craves the lord's power I've damned my ownself as a fool.
No the presence of the Lord is what I must crave. But how many times do I neglect such a salvation? I forsake him, I hear and preach his message, but I forsake him. I crave his power, but I hide from his presence.
Intimacy with the lord is accepting his presence, it's allowing his light to shine and light my eyes. It's meeting him on his terms and seeking his face as my vital need.
In the words of the Psalmist..."you said to me seek my face, your face o lord will I seek."
When did we lose sight of this revelation? That the deep seated desire for power stems from a craving to know his presence as our own? Do we feel that if we master his power as our own we are free of the loneliness of absence?
I cannot ignore any longer this sin so embedded in my heart. I'll call it a sin, I see no other name for it.
Intimacy with the lord is your vital need, there is no escape. Christ said if I be lifted up I will draw all men to me. He is lifted up in an embrace, offering his person. I cannot ignore his face any longer while seeking his guidance. If his eyes burn me till I know my every weakness I can no longer look away.
The disciples said to Christ, "to who else shall we go? you have the words of life." This is the fervor I need, I cannot run to doctrine to thoughts, to prayer. I must first run to him, hunger for his presence above all and through that hunger learn to be satisfied with the bread he offers of his own person. Before I seek any petition I must first seek his face.
I must address my intimacy with the savior and my desperate need for his presence above any other need.
