As this year is drawing to a close I am being convicted to heighten my attention to three items I have highlighted at the top of my prayer list. They are:

1. Eyes on Christ Alone
2. Listen to His Voice
3. Obey His Commands

As I have been living through this year, I have been repeatedly nudged to grow in my intimate walk with God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit. For months I only had #1 on the top of my list. I then realized if I am to grow in this intimacy I needed to listen carefully to Christ’s nudges–His Holy Spirit within me. Lastly and extremely important, if I’m to be truly intimate with Christ, I must obey what His nudges say. It is then that intimacy can grow and complete itself. Following all three of these steps as I live out each day completes my Trust, my Faith, my Confidence in Jesus Christ being Lord of my life. 

I’ve lived so long putting parameters around the obedience to Christ’s voice thinking I could trust “this much”. Little, at the time, did I realize how that limited the intimacy–trust I had in Christ being Lord. Today and every today for the rest of my life, I want to live out these three steps. These are not to be suggestions, but commands. Following them grows a desire for the most precious intimacy one can ever know!