Thought For Today - February 16, 2024
Walking with God!
By: Robert A. Searles
Fellow Christians, let us examine ourselves, are we walking each day
with God? Is he our constant companion wherever we go, and whatever we
do? Do we go anywhere, or do anything that we could not go or do in the
companionship of God? Are we really walking with God, or is he just
tagging along behind because we have put ourselves, and other things
ahead of him? He has promised never to leave us, nor forsake us; but we
are guilty of ignoring his presence with us ,because sometimes we want
to indulge ourselves - we want to go places, and do things, and be
involved in things that we know God will not be a part of because he is
Holy and righteous.
"Enoch walked with God for three hundred
years and begat sons and daughters, and all the days of Enoch were three
hundred and sixty five years; and Enoch walked with God and he was not
for God took him." According to Genesis 5: 22,23,24.
Three
hundred years is a long time to walk with God, but God and Enoch must
have had a glorious time together, because their relationship was so
intimate that Enoch was the first person to be raptured. One day God and
Enoch were so involved in each other's company, that suddenly Enoch was
not, for God took him.
God gives special favors and privileges
and honors to those who will choose to walk with him, to deny self, and
to forsake places, and things, and companions that are not pleasing to
God.
"Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Noah was a just man
and perfect in all his generations, and Noah walked with God." Gen 6: 8,
9. Noah was given the honor of preserving life on planet earth during
the flood.
To walk with God, we must agree with God in all
points. "Can two walk together except they be agreed?" He that would
walk with God must believe and agree that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of all those who diligently seek him. Without faith it is
impossible to please God. To walk with God, we must agree with God when
he says: "there is none righteous, no, not one." Rom 3: 10. And,” All
have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Rom 3: 23. And,” The
wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is everlasting life through
Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom 6: 23. To walk with God we must agree with
God that these words apply to us, and declare with Paul, that we are
chief among sinners, but the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all
sin. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life." John 3: 16.
To walk with God, we must agree with God that our
standing with him does not come as a result of our good works, or our
own righteousness, but - "By grace are ye saved through faith, and that
not of yourselves, not of works lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:
8,9.
God made people in his own image to walk with him. This is
our calling as the ultimate creation of God. "Whosoever will may come."
Jesus said. "All who come to me I will in no wise cast out. "He hath
shewed thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of
thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy
God." Micah 6:8. "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro through out
the whole earth to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart
is perfect toward him." 2 Chron 16: 9. "He cutteth out rivers among the
rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing." Job 28:10. "The Lord is
in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven; his eyes behold,
his eyelids try the children of men." Psalm 11:4. "Behold. the eye of
the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy,
to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine."
Psalm 33: 18. "The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears
are open unto their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against them
that do evil." 1 Peter 3: 12.
Beware, we are under constant
surveillance. We are constantly being watched. Shakespeare said: "All
the world is a stage and men and women merely players." What he should
have said is that men and women are like microbes under God's
microscope, although God does not need a microscope to see all the
hidden things of men's heart, his eyes are sufficient.
We are
being watched by the Lord ,,and all the host of heaven, to see what our
choices will be in any given situation. the Lord's eyes are searching
for the person who will choose to walk humbly with him and honor him.
God does not overlook anything that he finds to be precious in his
sight. God is ready and pleased to reward righteousness and faithfulness
when he finds it.
My fellow Christian, if you have been saved by
the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, won't you come out of
hiding, as it were, and make yourself known to the world as a Christian,
hating sin as God hates sin, but loving the sinner as God loves
sinners. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, and glorify God. Fellow
Christian, God gives you a free will to choose good or evil, life or
death. This old world in which we live is on its' last legs. Sin and
corruption and wickedness prevail everywhere, and even our own beloved
country is ripe for the judgment of God. We, who are called the children
of God, must choose to walk with God moment by moment, and day by day,
and put on the uniform of the redeemed child of God. As a good soldier
of Jesus Christ, we must not become so entangled with the things of
this life that we would be handicapped in the army of the Lord. If you
have tasted and seen that the Lord is good and merciful, and that he has
raised you up out of the miry pit, how can you not with gratitude,
present yourselves a living sacrifice to God which is your reasonable
service, that you might walk with him, and that he might cleanse you and
fill you with his spirit, and completely take over your entire being,
so that you might be an instrument in his hand ;so that he might work a
good work in you and through you as he did with Enoch and Noah, and all
the other saints down through the ages who chose to walk with God.
The
bible teaches us that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming again, and when
he comes, he will have with him crowns and rewards for those who were
willing to choose to obey him, to hear his call, and go forth to battle
for his glory. Fellow Christian, right now as you read this message, you
are of necessity making a choice. What will it be?
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