King David in the Old Testament was a perfect example of a man who wish to have a truly close and intimate relationship with his God. We read all throughout the psalms how David greatest wishes were never for possessions or women. They were not for the fame amongst men nor to establish a kingdom for himself. He song many psalms about the trials he had and for deliverance from his enemies. Mostly David song about wanting to be closer to God in relationship and the beauty of God from his eyes and heart. Paul in the New Testament is another perfect example of a vessel wanting nothing in life but to be in a full committed relationship with the Christ our risen King. Paul did not just want the fellowship of the strengths and life of Christ, but he also wish to share in His suffering and death. He wish to allow the Holy Spirit full custody of his vessel in order to please his Loving and Graceful God. As we saints journey in this life we must allow the intimacy of our relationship with our Risen King Jesus Christ and a Loving Father to be made known through the vessel we were given for this side of glory. The Father wishes to have a fruitful and abundant relationship with each one of His children. Today, seek, knock, and ask for that abundant relationship, and with Thanksgiving receive it to the full!!! Be Encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of intimacy on purpose!!!!!
Psalm 23
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Philippians 3
No Confidence in the Flesh
1 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence.
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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