Intimacy with God is a necessity to navigate through life. You cannot have a solid relationship with Him if you are not deliberate about it. When we want to cultivate friendships with people, we give it a lot of our time and energy, and we must do the same and much more with God. One of my favorite scriptures talks about being faithful in prayer (Romans 12:12). Faithfulness in prayer is one of the ways we can establish intimacy with God. This means that we must make prayer a part of our lifestyle.
The same way we take the natural parts of our lives so seriously and make time for them, we must do much more for this spiritual activity. While we can pray anywhere and at anytime, we must ensure we have a time when we are free from every possible distraction and completely focused on God. I mean we must set aside some time for prayer and fellowship with God. With the hustle and bustle of life, we sometimes just keep going and neglect the prayer altar. I’ve been guilty of this!
The key point is that we must ALWAYS make sure we go back to that place. It is in the place of prayer we receive, the help, direction, strength we need!