September 16th, 2021
by Woody Jarrett
by Woody Jarrett
Intimacy is closeness between people in personal relationships. It’s what builds over time as you connect with someone, grow to care about each other, and feel more and more comfortable during your time together.[1] Intimacy is all about connection. I believe God has intentionally hard wired us intimacy. We find this amazing truth in the relationship between the God, the Father, God, the Son, and God, the Holy Spirit. The Trinity is in perfect interrelation with each other. All three are preferring or submitting to each other in harmonic union. When God created man, the need for intimacy was placed in him.
Therefore, it is no surprised that God wanted to be with Adam. The Lord desired an intimate relationship with the first man. We notice that intimacy was fostered in the Garden of Eden when God walked with Adam in the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8). We also notice that intimacy was being nurtured by constant communication between God and man (Genesis 2:15-24). This is no different for you and me today. God desires an intimate relationship with us.
According to Alyssa Mancao, fostering a sense of closeness in any relationship requires a combination of four types of intimacy: emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical.[2] The Lord meets us on these four levels as we come into a covenant relationship with him. The example given in Scripture is a marital covenant between a husband and a wife (Genesis 2:21-24; Isaiah 54:5; 62:5; Hosea 2:19-20; Ephesians 5:22-33).
Yada, in Hebrew, means to know intimately, to perceive, to understand and experience. To know God means that we experience Him intimately.[3] God wants us to yada (know) him. To know him intimately we must spend time with him. We cultivate intimacy by reading the Bible, praying, fasting, meditating, and worshipping. The deep things of God are for us. This is why the Scriptures say: Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine —these are the many things God has in store for all his lovers. But God now unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit. Yes, he has revealed to us his inmost heart and deepest mysteries through the Holy Spirit, who constantly explores all things (1 Cor. 2:9-10 TPT).
We can have intimacy with the One who loves us. It is his good pleasure to reveal Himself to us.
[1] https://www.healthline.com/health/intimacy#overview
[2] https://www.wellandgood.com/types-of-intimacy/
[3] https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/divine-invitation-intimacy-god/
Therefore, it is no surprised that God wanted to be with Adam. The Lord desired an intimate relationship with the first man. We notice that intimacy was fostered in the Garden of Eden when God walked with Adam in the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8). We also notice that intimacy was being nurtured by constant communication between God and man (Genesis 2:15-24). This is no different for you and me today. God desires an intimate relationship with us.
According to Alyssa Mancao, fostering a sense of closeness in any relationship requires a combination of four types of intimacy: emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical.[2] The Lord meets us on these four levels as we come into a covenant relationship with him. The example given in Scripture is a marital covenant between a husband and a wife (Genesis 2:21-24; Isaiah 54:5; 62:5; Hosea 2:19-20; Ephesians 5:22-33).
Yada, in Hebrew, means to know intimately, to perceive, to understand and experience. To know God means that we experience Him intimately.[3] God wants us to yada (know) him. To know him intimately we must spend time with him. We cultivate intimacy by reading the Bible, praying, fasting, meditating, and worshipping. The deep things of God are for us. This is why the Scriptures say: Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine —these are the many things God has in store for all his lovers. But God now unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit. Yes, he has revealed to us his inmost heart and deepest mysteries through the Holy Spirit, who constantly explores all things (1 Cor. 2:9-10 TPT).
We can have intimacy with the One who loves us. It is his good pleasure to reveal Himself to us.
[1] https://www.healthline.com/health/intimacy#overview
[2] https://www.wellandgood.com/types-of-intimacy/
[3] https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/divine-invitation-intimacy-god/
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