How do you know someone is comfortable? Often they will look more relaxed. If at home, they may curl up in a blanket on your couch. Our kids sit in our laps when we’re reading. Our spouse lays their head in our lap while watching a movie. Friends may help themselves to a drink & know where to find everything in the pantry. These actions display a level of ease & comfort. It’s not something that happens overnight. But the more often you are with someone, the deeper the relationship goes. The more comfortable you feel.
The More You are Together
It takes time & effort to develop human relationships. The more we are with someone, the more opportunities we have to grow a deeper relationship. Why would we ever think we can have that level of comfort with God without some work? Oh how He longs for us to lean back into His arms. To have us run to Him for comfort. For us to curl up & tell Him all about our day. To study His word so well that we know exactly where to go to feed our soul. For us to seek a more intimate relationship with Him. To have Him be our everything.
Well I have a great & very real newsflash. It’s 100% possible, but it won’t happen on its own. Have you ever looked at someone & felt like they have something special with Christ? Something that you want, but don’t currently have? Then – stop right there. First, know that you have an outward perspective. Some people are really good at putting on a Broadway style performance. It’s nothing more than a surface level show. (You don’t want that.) If it’s someone you know better & have more of an insider’s view, then know that what they have is possible for you.
Is Your Relationship Deeper Than You Think?
God isn’t a respecter of person. He longs for intimacy with all of His children. You may be closer to God & know Him on a level that someone who just came into relationship with Him isn’t experiencing. In their perspective, you have a deeper relationship with Him than they do. They can get to where you are just like you can get to a level that someone you admire is at. We have to remember we aren’t called to mimic each other’s walk with Christ. Jesus didn’t call every disciple from the same lifestyle. They weren’t all fishermen or tax collectors. He met them where they were & called them to come into relationship with Him.
He told them all the same great news, He came to offer His life as the savior they had long awaited for. His walk with Peter wasn’t the same as His walk with Matthew. Sure, they were aiming for the same goal, walking with their hope now in Him, but each leaned into Him in different ways. In the ways they needed. He had a more intimate relationship with some disciples, as He spent more time with them.
If you find yourself longing for your relationship with God to look more like this person or that, let go of that expectation. He made you unique & only you can have the relationship with Him that He longs to have with you. To know what that is though, you have to spend more time with Him. Get comfortable with God. Lean into Him more & discover how well you can know Him. Discover how well He knows you. He wants to take you places with Him that only you were made to go.
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