Intimidade com Deus
A intimidade com Deus é o maior privilégio do cristão. Ele nos convida a nos aproximar, a conhecê-lo profundamente e a desfrutar de comunhão diária com o Criador do universo.
Aproximar-se de Deus
Chegai-vos a Deus e Ele se chegará a vós. Deus deseja intimidade, não religiosidade. Ele busca os que o buscam de todo coração.
Draw near to Hashem and Hashem will draw near to you. Cleanse your yadayim (hands), you chote’im (sinners)! And purify your levavot, you anashim of double mind!
Come, kol tzameh (all ye who are thirsty), come ye to the mayim
and he that hath no kesef;
come ye, buy, and eat;
yes, come, buy yayin and cholov
without kesef and without mekhir (price, cost).
Why do ye spend kesef for that which is not lechem?
And your labor for that which satisfieth not?
Pay heed diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is tov,
and let your nefesh delight itself in deshen (the best food, the fat of the land).
Incline your ozen, and come unto Me;
hear, and your nefesh shall live;
and I will make with you a Brit Olam,
even the chasdei Dovid hane’emanim.
See, I have given him OJAC for an ed l’ummim (witness to the Nations),
a Nagid and Metzavveh (commander) for the Nations.
Behold, thou shalt summon a Goy (People) that thou knowest not,
and Goy that knew not thee shall run unto thee
l’ma’an (for the sake of) Hashem Eloheicha
and for Kadosh Yisroel;
for He hath glorified thee.
Seek ye Hashem while He may be found,
call ye upon Him while He is karov (near);
And it shall come to pass,
that before they call, I will answer;
and while they are yet medaberim (speaking), I will hear.
Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee gedolot (great things) and unsearchable things, which thou knowest not.
For I know the machshavot (thoughts, plans) that I think toward you, saith Hashem, machshavot shalom, and not of ra’ah, to give you an acharit (future) and a tikvah (hope).
Sede de Deus
Como a corça deseja as correntes de água, assim a minha alma suspira por ti, ó Deus. A intimidade nasce do desejo profundo.
(For the one directing, Maskil, for the Bnei Korach)
As the deer panteth after the water brooks,
so panteth my nefesh after Thee, O Elohim.
(Mizmor Dovid. When he was in the midbar Yehudah)
O Elohim,
Thou art Eli;
early will I seek Thee;
my nefesh thirsteth for Thee;
my basar longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land,
where no mayim is,
To see Thy oz (might, power) and Thy kavod,
as I have beheld Thee in the Kodesh (holy place, sanctuary, Mikdash).
Because Thy chesed is better than chayyim,
my lips shall praise Thee.
Thus will I bless Thee while I live;
I will lift up my hands b’Shimcha (in Thy Name.)
My nefesh shall be satisfied as with chelev (fat) and deshen (abundance);
and my mouth shall praise Thee with lips of joyful singing;
When I remember Thee upon my bed,
and meditate on Thee in the ashmurot (night watches).
Because Thou hast been my help,
therefore in the tzel (shadow) of Thy wings will I sing with joy.
My nefesh followeth hard after Thee;
Thy Yamin (Right Hand) upholdeth me.
But those that seek my nefesh, to destroy it,
shall go into the abysses of ha’aretz.
They deliver him into the power of the cherev;
they shall be a portion for jackals.
Unidade com o Pai
Jesus orou pela unidade dos seus com o Pai. A intimidade com Deus inclui confissão, perdão e alegria na comunhão.
The kavod which You have given me, I have given them, that they may be echad just as we are echad. I in them and You in me that they may become tamim (perfect) in Achdut (Unity) that the Olam Hazeh may have da’as that You sent me, and had ahavah for them, just as You have ahavah for me.
Hashem thy G-d in the midst of thee is gibbor;
He will save,
He will rejoice over thee with simchah;
He will quiet [you] in His ahavah (love),
He will joy over thee with singing.
If we make vidduy (confession of sin) of chattoteinu (our sins), he is ne’eman (faithful) and tzaddik to grant selicha (forgiveness) of chattoteinu (our sins) and give us tohorah (purification, cleansing) from kol avon.