Talk while you walk
Both Enoch and Noah 'walked with God' (Gen 5:24; 6:9). They didn't just sit, kneel or stand with God (the kind of actions we would often associate with spending time with God), but they were also in communion with God when doing something else.
While you are doing other things - working, eating, exercising, relaxing - you can be in communion with God at the same time.
You can pray as you walk to the bus stop or walk between meetings during the day. While you are driving to appointments or home from places. Wherever you happen to be travelling, you can be talking with God. Talk while you walk.
The bible has a lot to say about walking with God. It's how we were intended to live. God's desire for you is that you walk humbly in a relationship with Him. (Micah 6:8)
- Walk with your head held high
God does not want you to be downcast - constantly looking at the regrets behind you, the problems around you and the sin within you. Rather, LIFT UP YOUR HEAD and see the help above you - walk with your head held high and your eyes fixed on him.
- Walk in step with the Holy Spirit
Jesus identified with us, sinful human beings, right from the start. He did this so that he could bear our sin on the cross for us. As a result, we are able to experience the Holy Spirit in a similar way and walk 'in step with the Spirit' (Gal 5:25)
What does that look like / mean? (Looking at Matt 2:19-3:17)
1. Get refined in the fire.
John baptised with water, Jesus baptises with the Holy Spirit and with fire. The Holy Spirit will come like a refining fire to bring power and purity in your life. Knowing the refining fire of the Spirit in this life means that you can be free from the fear of the fire of judgement when Jesus returns
2. Be filled with peace
When Jesus was baptised the Holy Spirit descended on him like a dove. The dove is a symbol of peace that the Holy Spirit brings to your life.
3. Be assured of your adoption
A voice from heaven said "this is my Son" (Matt 3:17). Jesus is the Son of God in a unique way. However, the Holy Spirit assures all of us that through what Jesus has done for us, we too are sons and daughters of God. (See Romans 8:15-16)
4. Know that you are loved by God
The voice from heaven said "... whom I love" (Matt 3:17). God's love for us is poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5)
5. Feel His pleasure
"... with whom i am well pleased" (Matt 3:17). This was supremely true of Jesus but as we walk in step with the Spirit, we too can experience this sense of God's delight and pleasure.
Walk in relationship with God
Humans are the pinnacle of God's creation. He created us to walk in relationship with himself. Sadly we destroyed that relationship at the very beginning of time.
Evil starts in our thinking and imagination - that is, in our hearts. We need to watch not only our actions but also our thoughts, attitudes, motives and imagination.
In the midst of corruption and evil, it is possible to be different and to make a difference.
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