What does, God is intimate with those who are intimate with him, mean?

Intimacy is the result of a relevant communicative relationship.

Relevant means that the focus is on prayer and communication with God.

Prayer is the communication tool, as is meditation.

God speaks to us in many ways, but prayer and meditation are the most direct lines of communication.

If we pray and meditate frequently, and listen quietly, He will respond. This does not mean that you must always listen for a voice, you may hear Him in the context of the quiet. It may be a thought, a scripture, a picture, or any number of things.

Intimacy grows as you become more comfortable and spend quality time with God in prayer. This does not mean that you must become a monk dedicating every waking moment in prayer, you can pray a quick prayer, ask Him a question, or find a quiet space and spend minutes to hours with Him. The intimacy is not solely dependent upon the time you spend, but the quality of the time that you spend with Him. Intimacy with God is similar to intimacy with a loved one. The more time you spend with them, the more time you desire to spend with them. (Intimacy must be genuine, it is not a practice, nor is it a scheme to get what you want. Intimacy must be honest.)

Life is hectic at its best. Spending time in communication with God will give you peace, that is greater than you could ever imagine. It centers you. It removes you from the chaos and places you beside still waters. It is an escape from our earthly life and moves us into our spiritual life.

Charles Stanley poignantly stated, “our intimacy with God, determines the impact of our lives. This intimacy is his highest priority for our lives.” Further, in his Life Principles Bible, Zachariah 1:3, Life Lessons, 1:3 reads, “come near to God and he will come near to you, James 4:8.

The moment we sense God’s Spirit convicting us to draw nearer to him, we need to respond with humble hearts—repenting and committing ourselves to him wholeheartedly. Then sustaining peace will flood in as evidence of his presence within us.”