Intimacy with Christ by Irene Taylor

The Lord is our Shepherd, why shall we ever want?

We should want for nothing, AND for the Lord is more than enough

He is our Keeper; He is our Savior, Redeemer and Deliverer

But how do we fit inside this transition?

For He is King of all Kings and Lord of Lords; the Creator of all

Where is the fear that should lie within?

We fulfill our flesh and neglect His spirit

And why should we exist in this relationship?

Where is the intimacy that He so truly desires?

The surrender that’s so desperately necessary

To become the nature of God which He created

And leaving behind the nature of man, that which He hated

We’re given the courtesy of wisdom and understanding

Knowledge to receive, power to ascertain, a spirit of love

But He is our Provider for all of these

Whatever the void may be it shall become history

As the Lord increase we must decrease then, we’re given the victory

For He is the Vine and we are the branches

It is His will and our surrender that combines

To formulate the growth of intimacy

Falling in love together

We begin as servants waiting for instruction

Being nurtured, corrected, molded to obedience

Moving onto perfection subjecting ourselves to the higher power

Through spiritual maturity

But it’s a must that these actions are consistent and spontaneous

We cannot believe it’s trivial

There’s a spontaneity that becomes evident

Through God and God alone, it can be done

It’s not by power or by might, but by His spirit thus saith the Lord