Many follow or worship God today mainly because of what they hope to receive from Him. But for us, it’s beyond that. It’s serving and loving Him wholeheartedly even when there is no promise or when the promise is delayed.

How does a person get to this point of intimacy and affection for his creator that one would say with Job, even though He slays me, yet will I trust Him?

At what point does He become the object of attraction at the very core of our soul that we would rather not live than to live without Him? Many saints did touch this dimension and it became their reality. To them, God was their all, and if you must take Him off their lives, you must be willing to take their lives as well.

Of such men was Paul the Apostle, who boldly claimed that nothing could ever separate him from the love of God. He was persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.