God is love. 1 John 4:8
The greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
There is nothing greater in life than being in love with God. Nothing more intimate, nothing more joyful, nothing more pleasurable than being in Jesus' embrace. It is really something you must experience for yourself. To know God intimately, more so than how Adam knew Eve when they had their first children. This is the spiritual intimacy Jesus desires with us. A closeness and joy in his embrace that John Eldredge and Brent Curtis said is "an intimacy much more sensuous, much more exotic than sex itself." (The Sacred Romance. p. 161) A lot of people might have reservations about this kind of intimacy with Jesus. Words like intimate, naked, romance, passion, ecstasy are rarely used today to relate our communion with Jesus and if they are it is only in some vague spiritual sense of transcendent, ontological "highness." Definitely not in the torrid-love-affair-at-the-Four-Seasons-in-Turks-and-Cacos-sense. But it's completely Biblical. God calls himself our Bridegroom many times in the Bible (Song of Songs, Isaiah 54:5, 62:5, Jeremiah 3:14, Ezekiel 16, 23, Hosea 2, Matthew 9:15, Matthew 22:1-14, Matthew 25:1-10, John 3:29. 2 Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:29-32, Revelation 19:7-10). He wants to serenade you and woo your heart (Zephaniah 3:17) He wants you!
If you haven't let Jesus into your heart and your life as your Lover, it is the most incredible, wonderful, joyful experience in the world. And don't let the thoughts of, "Is this ok?" or "I don't think God loves me like that" or even "I could never be God's beloved spouse" get in your way. Instead, get away for a short time with God. Go alone to your room, like he told us to pray (Matthew 5), don't take your phone or anything else except your Bible and maybe a journal too (if you like to journal), and ask him, "Jesus, I want to be your lover and for you to be my Lover." And let the Holy Spirit take over you. Tell him, "I surrender to you Jesus." Worship him and invite him into you as your Lover God. Enjoy the most intimate love relationship you will ever have for eternity. And if there are times when he seems distant, please don't give up! Jesus desires you, pursue him and he will have you. Knock at his door and he will let you in (Revelation 3:20). Fall into his love and feel how much he loves you, how much he enjoys you. "As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you." Isaiah 62:5 NIV.
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