Deeper: Developing Deeper Intimacy With Godनमूना

Commit to the Spiritual Disciplines

Over the past few days, we have mainly dealt with positioning ourselves appropriately for intimacy with God. Today, we will deal with the practical aspects of developing intimacy with God, which boils down to committing to spiritual disciplines. When I say spiritual disciplines, I mean prayer, fasting, worship, and reading the Bible.

People often think there is some super spiritual method to developing intimacy with God but skip over the basics. While each requires in-depth study, I will briefly describe them: prayer is how we communicate with God, fasting is how we align ourselves with God’s will, worship is how we glorify and honor God, and reading the Word is how we learn more about God. Note that worship is not just about praising God with or through song but rather in doing everything we do as an honor to God.

Committing to the spiritual disciplines involves building a spiritual regimen or diet consistent with all the aforementioned ingredients. We find another depth and layer of God in our commitment to these things. Perhaps you are already great in an area, and that’s amazing, but I can assure you there’s another level. When we push ourselves beyond our comfort zone in the spiritual disciplines, God reveals Himself in ways we never imagined.

Maybe there’s one that you don’t do as much? It’s fasting, isn’t it? It’s okay; this is a safe space to be vulnerable! In all seriousness, no matter which one it is, the great news is that you’ve found something you can commit to that will be a step in the right direction for deeper intimacy with God.

Understand that we are doing this from a place of love for God and not for anything other than to be closer to God. This is why I dealt with positions of the heart before getting to the spiritual disciplines. And while I’m grateful you decided to read this devotional, I encourage you to know that nothing compares to reading the Word for yourself.

Challenge yourself this week to take the next step with the spiritual disciplines mentioned, whatever that next step may be for you.