Many years ago I knew that the Lord was asking me to come personally into a relationship with Him. A relationship that was based on our longing to be with each other. I know it sounds simple, but it really changed my focus as I pursued a deeper connection with God. A connection that was mine alone, one where when I felt His eyes were on me, it was personal and unique to who I am.
In all of this what became very clear was that I was not looking at God from a corporate setting for validation, but from what we said privately to one another. I knew that I needed to know Him personally, and although I was often encouraged by others relationships with the Lord, I needed to make our relationship pivotal.
When I secured my relationship with the Lord, making it a priority in my life, it was clear that there were no restraints on how deep I would be allowed to go. I never felt that the Father said you can only come so far. Instead, I was encouraged to come with all of me into all of Him with absolutely no limits!
2 Corinthians 5:18-19 NKJV Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.