Companionship Does Not Equal Intimacy...

The sad thing is that so many of us have a false sense of intimacy about our marriage. As husbands and wives, it’s easy to think that because we watch television together, talk about the children, make vacation plans, or enjoy the marriage bed, we have an intimate relationship with our spouse.

But this simply isn’t so.

There is a difference between companionship and intimacy. For there to be true intimacy in marriage, a husband and wife must:

Honor their covenant to one another by “leaving and cleaving”
Be eternally faithful to each other
Devote special attention to one another
Spend meaningful time together
Prefer each other’s needs above their own
Share their innermost thoughts and feelings
Offer themselves to each other in intimate, selfless abandonment
Experience the joy of being fully known as they lovingly “lose themselves” in one another

It’s the same way in our relationship with God. Many of us have a false sense of intimacy with Him. It’s easy to believe that because we go to church, talk to Him, read the Word, serve Him faithfully, and even experience great times of praise and worship, we know Him intimately.

But much more is required than this to have an intimate relationship with God. There’s a difference between knowing about God, and knowing God.

How Well Do You Know God?