“For Christ to truly reign within you everything must be submitted to Him without reservation. There are many who oppose such a total surrender to this reign,” (Jeanne Guyon).
For years I sat through multiple preachings and teachings on developing intimacy with God. I read the books – even read The Book – but still felt a lacking in my relationship with the Lord.
I believed in God.
I believed in His Son, Jesus.
I believed Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a perfect life, and gave Himself as a living sacrifice for my sins.
I believed He rose from death leaving behind an empty tomb.
Belief was not the problem.
The problem was a lack of intimacy between me and this unseen Savior.
I can’t pinpoint when it happened, but there was a turning point years ago when I realized intimacy just doesn’t happen.
Intimacy requires commitment – desire – transparency -surrender.
I prayed yet rarely sat still listening.
And I prayed only the big stuff – for the sickness, financial difficulties, relationship issues.
But if I was going to truly surrender myself to a relationship of intimacy, I needed to talk and share my heart and desires – everything – with God.
I thought about conversations I had with my husband. Nothing was off limits. You know how it is when talking with your spouse or maybe a best friend – gabfest!!
In my head, I felt silly. God did not want to hear about the simple, mundane areas of my life. I shouldn’t bother Him with petty concerns and questions.
Yet these are the very things my conversations consisted of with my husband and friends.
Normal conversations throughout a normal day – what we would eat, wear, watch, read, dream, do, plan…..
What if God wanted in on these conversations? Better yet, what if He wanted to have these conversations with us first – before we discussed them with anyone else?
God is always waiting for us. In Genesis 3:9 He asks, “Where are you?”
He desires for us to approach Him with everything and to be with Him at all times.
So I began making the daily choice to talk with Him about everything – engaging in a running dialogue throughout my day about what to cook for dinner – what chore to put next on the list – you get the idea.
If folding clothes is the task, I spend time praying over each piece of clothing – thanking Him for the person in my life wearing the garment.
I complain to Him when someone cuts me off in traffic – asking, “Did you see that?!”
Because He wants to know.
Recently I travelled to Louisiana for a Women’s Conference. If you read “Mind Goo,” I shared my experience meeting and taking a photo with Lisa Whelchel. It was a sweet time bringing back many fun memories from childhood, and I was excited to document it with a photo. Unfortunately, Lisa messaged later that day all photos had accidentally been deleted. She felt horrible, and I’m not going to lie, I was disappointed.
I shared this disappointment with God and even prayed He would allow Lisa to recover the photos.
Days turned to weeks without success.
Every once in a while, during a daily conversation, I would remind Him it would be really cool if the picture turned up.
Exactly one month and 5 days after the photo was taken, Lisa announced she had discovered the lost photos and posted them for us.
God cares. About every little detail in our lives. His answer is not always ‘Yes’, but He desires for us to share our hearts and surrender ourselves to Him.
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