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We don’t do much — ourselves.

The lion‘s share of this work is God’s. All the credit, recognition and thanks that is often directed towards us, really belongs to Him.

Yes, we do do something, we admit:

1. Our focus is Papa God — He is our desire. We spend lots of personal, interactive time with Him because He is so desirable, so wonderful, so beautiful and we enjoy hanging out with Him.

2. We get to know when He is speaking to us or showing something to us or giving us some feeling or nudge. And because He is so precious and so lovable to us, we want to respond to Him and His messages.

3. We copy Him. Like toddlers, we imitate Him. We do what He does; we say what He says. We don’t let people egg us on or discourage us or puff us up or lead us down the garden path. The only One who has the right to lead us down the garden path is our Papa God. We follow Him. We respond to Him.

And… that’s it. Papa God does all the rest. It’s all about HIM. And we are crazy about HIM!!!

Footnote for the curious: We learned to interact personally with Papa God from the biblical and Holy Spirit-inspired teachings and example of Loren Cunningham and Joy Dawson of YWAM, Heather Curnew of Myrrh Ministries, and Mark Virkler of Communion With God Ministries. Anyone can do it!

This is the ultimate goal in life: intimacy with God. We were made for this! We hunger and thirst, we search and experiment… This is what we need. We need our Creator. We need to know Him. Knowing Him is what life is all about.

And can only certain kinds of people find intimacy with God? Are some of us just so dense or so unspiritual that we can never ever come into any kind of give-and-take relationship with the only One who truly, deeply satisfies?

No! We were all specially designed to be in intimate relationship with our Creator from the beginning. That’s why we ache, we hunger, we thirst, we are not content with what we have. We still need, deeply need… Him. And because He is good, He reaches out to us, He calls to us, He desires with an incredible longing to draw us into the centre of His Heart. He truly does. And every single one of us is specially designed with the most awesome capacity to know our Creator. And every single one of us CAN know Him.

Do you hear Him calling? Even if you do not, if you hunger and thirst and desire to be satisfied, say “Yes!” Say to Him,

“Father, you are calling me, although I cannot hear you, and I say ‘Yes!’ I am blind and deaf, Father, and I do not know how to find you! Father, if you truly love me, reach out your hand and take mine, and lead me into the centre of your heart!”

He cannot resist your heart’s cry.