Draw Near

When I think about being kissed by the King, I think about just how close you have to be to be kissed.  Face to face.  No distance between you at all.  I think of the scripture “𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖.” (James 4:8) If you want His kisses, you must draw so close that you are touching, no space, no gap at all.  That’s close!

I remember some time back; the LORD spoke to me and gave me a vision.  In the vision I was sitting on a park bench, I was on one side of the bench and Jesus was on the other.  He said to me, “𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳,” so I kind of shuffled along the bench a little bit towards the LORD and He said, “𝘕𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳.”  So, again I edged along the bench a little more and He said once again, “𝘕𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳.” Your Beloved is inviting you to draw close, really close, close enough to hear His heartbeat, close enough for Him to whisper in your ear. So often we can think we are close, but we are not, we can always draw closer, and then closer again.

And so, I sit here and ask myself, where do I go to be fully wrapped in His embrace, to that place where I breathe in the fragrance of His breath?   How can I be kissed with the kisses of my Beloved?  How can I draw so close to Him that I can see myself reflected in the pupil of His eyes?  The answer is a simple one but often a hard one – 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲!  Time!  A precious commodity and one we seem to have so little of.  We must take the time each day in His Word, worshipping, and talking to our Savior.  Make a date.  Book a time.  Write it in your calendar.  Today I am going to make a date with my Beloved and simply sit, stay, linger, in His presence, at His feet, in His arms.  It is a journey that is Oh so worth it and the more time you spend there the more time you want to spend.  It becomes addictive, moreish, until you just cannot get enough of time spent with the One that loves you endlessly! Do you long to see your Beloved face to face, mouth to mouth? 

The beautiful Holy Spirit is looking for worshippers, 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑯𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉. (John 4:24). Over the years I have grappled with this verse trying to figure out what spirit and truth meant, and, in the process, I missed the worship.  I missed the part where I am called to worship!  I love to dig into the Greek and Hebrew and there I found what it is the Spirit wants.  The word for worship is “𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘰” taken from two words, one ‘to draw near’ and the other ‘to kiss.’  To come close and kiss. How beautiful is the thought that the yearning of the Holy Spirit is that you would draw so near, so very close that there would be absolutely nothing in between you.  That He would indeed “𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉!”  Proskuneo also means to fall prostrate at the Kings feet, to bow down in holy reverence, to be in that place of awe and wonderment, to kneel before your God, your creator. 

Let’s make a date with Jesus today, let’s not miss one more day in His presence, one more moment when we can rest in His embrace, one more second where we can be kissed by our King, sitting in His presence, and hearing Him whisper in our ear – “𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱!”