Walk!

 If you spend enough time in conversation with a Christian, this question almost always comes up. What question you may ask? "How's Your Walk With Jesus?" "My walk with Jesus?" "What do you mean?" It means how are you doing on your walk or journey with Jesus. Some people are confused by this question. "Good I suppose" is the likely answer. Is it really? Are you following His commands? His instructions? Are you living for Him? Serving Him? Or just going through the motions?

What does walk mean. Walk is a verb. It means to place one foot in front of the other. Keep moving forward, one step at a time. If we are not walking, we are standing still. That's not what Jesus wants from us. He wants us to walk with Him. To keep moving forward. Progressing. The more we walk with Jesus, the more we become like Him. We are not to stay where or as we were.

Ephesians 4:14 New Living Translation

14 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.

We can walk with God as Noah did. He was saved while being made fun of by his neighbors. We can walk with God as Moses did. While he was lonely in the desert and the time of judgment came to Egypt, he was prepared to lead his people out. Walk with God as David did. He was a shepherd boy when he was prepared for being the King. How about Daniel and his three friends? God was with them in the furnace and delivered them.

All of these are good examples of people who walked with God! We can have the same kind of experiences. God may not deliver us from trouble, but He has promised that He would be with us through trouble. We need not worry.

John 16:33 New International Version

33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

I encourage you tonight to keep on walking with Jesus. Step by step, walk with Him. You will not regret it. Sometimes it may seem difficult to do, but keep going. We may stumble and fall along the way, but He never lets us go.

Remember, this isn't a race. It's a walk (journey). Let God lead the way, knowing that His way is best. Let Him take us by the hand like a father would and walk with the Heavenly Father!

God Bless

PK