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Have
you ever experienced a long-distance relationship? If you have,
then you know that location-separation relationships are difficult to
maintain. Cultivating a long-distance relationship requires ongoing
commitment, faithfulness, and perseverance by the individuals involved.
Staying connected, so that the relationship thrives, is often inconvenient —
but not impossible.
This is especially true when we consider communing with
God. God doesn’t prefer long-distance relationships either. He designed us
for face-to-face relational intimacy. He wants to dwell with us ― make His
home with us — forever communing with us
In Eden, by divine design, God communed with man
face-to-face. Regrettably, our disobedience changed the conditions of our
relationship. Sin physically and spiritually separated us from God and
temporarily severed our face-to-face relationship with Him. Since then, as
seen throughout Scripture, God affirms His desire to intimately reconnect
with His creation. Through Ezekiel, God reiterated His promise to restore
face-to-face relational intimacy with humankind. This would require ongoing
commitment, faithfulness, and perseverance from His people, just as any
long-distance relationship does.
Today, we can regain the face-to-face closeness the people
in Ezekiel’s time lacked. In Jesus, we encounter God’s physical presence.
Through Jesus, we experience communion with God our Father. Although He is
not yet physically present among us, we can still cultivate a thriving
relationship with Him until He restores all things, reverses sin’s curse, and
comes to dwell with us forever.
Seeking His face is seeking His presence. Until Heaven
comes home, may our heart’s cry be: “Your face, LORD, we will seek.”
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you
for the privilege of being able to come into your presence and intimately commune
with you. Create in me an insatiable desire to seek your face through prayer
and your Word – in every aspect of my life. Empower me with ongoing
commitment, faithfulness, and perseverance to intentionally seek your face,
until I see you face to face. Amen.
Go
Deeper — Throughout Scripture God reiterates His promise to
forever dwell with us – face-to-face. Reread today’s verse and compare it
with Revelation 21:3 and
22:3-4
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