Disobedience breaks our communion with the Lord. 1 John 1:6 says, “If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” As you read this next verse, I want you to think of it as though the Lord is speaking to your heart.

Song of Solomon 5:1 Amplified says, “…Drink, yes, drink abundantly of love, O precious one (for now I know you are mine, irrevocably mine! With his confident words still thrilling her heart…”

In Psalm 42:1, the picture is of a deer that is panting for water. It knows that if it can’t get to water it will die. It says, “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.”

Psalm 63:8 Amplified says, “My whole being follows hard after You and clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me.” Pants, follows hard, and clings closely are words longing for intimacy.