"Just by being with Him, we are asking Him to remove our walls. We are asking Him to align our souls with His. We are asking to become one spirit with Him. We are asking to be made holy, which is to be make like Him.
This process can be very difficult for many reasons, and to make matters worse, one thing in particular actively works to keep us from the end result. The chief barrier that blocks us from real intimacy with God, thereby keeping us from completely surrendering our lives to Him, is fear.
Fear is not the enemy of intimacy; it is the assassin!
Fear will lie to us each and every time. It will attempt to convince us that self-protection is more important than being romanced by God and releasing our heart to Him. It will attempt to tell us whatever it can in order to keep us from letting go. But we shouldn't be afraid of God. His intent is not to kill us. It is to HAVE us."
It's so true. I think so often I have a warped view of God and therefore I come to Him differently. But when those times happen where I am just soooo touched by Him and the veil of my wrong view lifts, I find myself never wanting to leave His side!
Love you all!! May you let your walls down.
It's so true. I think so often I have a warped view of God and therefore I come to Him differently. But when those times happen where I am just soooo touched by Him and the veil of my wrong view lifts, I find myself never wanting to leave His side!
Love you all!! May you let your walls down.
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wow. yes. you can totally see what fear does to intimacy! never ever made that connection, but they are so directly correlated. Oh Lord awaken our hearts! Thank you so much for posting.
(meem brought me that book - I will have to dive into it).
Yeah... that last paragraph just hit my heart, that is exactly how i feel so often. Fear has come in various forms for me and it seems just when I get freed from one the enemy tries another tactic to introduce another catergory of fear to keep me down but when I am pursuing the fear of the Lord i am so much better equipped to pick up my sword and resist!!! thanks so much for sharing..
i love you!
j
Fear is a four letter word! Let it be said of us all that our life's desire and true passion is...To KNOW HIM and to make HIM KNOWN....blessings to you sweet Bethany. I love you guys so much.
man girl yeah... totally... thanks for sharing!
In our flesh we do have a warped view of Him and it's not something to view and move on but like you & the author said spending time with Him changes our view of Him and His Spirit is then free to strengthen us to surrender our walls and false thinking and control...
Yeah... Lord please help us take these walls down that have exalted themselves above you Jesus...
peace and grace to you Roques!
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