JESUS CHRIST EARNESTLY DESIRES INTIMACY
Jesus Christ earnestly desires intimacy with you throughout this day.
Hours before His betrayal, Jesus knew full well that the twelve disciples would soon slink
away like cowards in their denial of Him. Yet it was to them He said, “I have earnestly desired
to eat… with you.” (Luke 22:15)
And this is His desire with you today: Intimacy… Communion.
As you progress through this day the most significant task before you will not be:
Clinching a “deal”
Picking up another client
Resolving another personnel problem
As important as these challenges may be, they pale in comparison to your calling of intimate
communion with Christ:
“God is faithful through whom you were called into the fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ.”
(I Corinthians 1:9)
Here is how Jesus put it:
“It is the man who shares my life and in whose life I share who proves fruitful, for the plain fact is that
apart from me you can do nothing at all.” (John 15:5 – Phillips Translation)
God’s singular objective at the cross was to make our fellowship with the Lord Jesus a
continual, moment by moment reality.
Today, let us resolve that nothing in which we are engaged will rob us of that inner relation-
ship with Him. After all, that is our calling.