Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Walking with God

Walking with God is not a strange mystical experience reserved for only a few. To the contrary, walking with God is the normal Christian experience. It is the birthright of every born again believer in Jesus Christ.

Walking with God is walking in the light. "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:7). Walking with God is daily fellowship and communion with Him. That involves talking to God in prayer, and God speaking to us through the words of Holy Scripture.

Walking with God is by faith. He welcomes us to walk with Him. Only by faith can we experience God daily. "For we walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7). The natural eye cannot see God, but the heart of faith knows fellowship with God always and everywhere.

Walking with God is walking with love, that leads us everyday and all the way. Love will walk with us on the right path. Love will walk with us through every valley. Love will keep us all along the way. "And walk in love as Christ has also loved us" (Ephesians 5:2). This love of God comes only as a gift of the Spirit poured out into our hearts (Romans 5:5). It is an abiding gift of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 13:13).