Hosea 2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
What is more intimate than marriage? God wants to have a faithful intimate personal relationship with us. How that comes about was stated yesterday in the partaking of life in Jesus Christ by faith.
Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
1 Corinthians 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
A faith based relationship is the only way that we can participate in this relations. It is how we get to know our God, our Lord, thru the Holy Spirit. What kind of a relationship can you have without communication? Faith is the language of love in this relationship.
2 Corinthians 10:15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
Think of this increase in faith as falling deeper in love. We are to give our hearts to God, be committed in relationship and be faithful.
Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.