Walking With God

 

"And your ears shall hear a word behind you saying, 'This is the way, walk in it,' when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left." 

~Isaiah 30:21

       

         My pastor, Melvin McClease is known for this saying, "Let God take your heart on a walk." Today I followed his advice and took a lengthy walk alone, just me and God... literally. I drove about an hour away from home to a distant walking trail and took a LONG WALK, during which I spoke to God and He spoke back. He and I had some business we needed to attend to, and we did, but this walk with God wasn't a business meeting; it was a date with the Lover of My Soul.
    

        Scriptures gives us several examples of "normal people" who literally walked with God. In Genesis 3, Adam and Even frequently walked with God in the Garden of Eden. In Gensis 5:22-23, we are told Enoch "walked in close fellowship with God" until one day he disappeared because "God took him" out of His love for him. Abraham claimed to walked with God in Genesis 24:40. The disciples and many others daily walked with Jesus Christ, God incarnate (John 1:14).
    

        What did God and I discuss on this walk? Well that's between me and him, because a lady never tells. So why am I writing about it? Because this experience was life-changing! This is a practice that I highly encourage every Christian to participate in regularly. If this is a new concept for you, I highly recommend reading Bob Sorge's Secrets of the Secret Place.
    

        Living the Christian life is not purely analytical. It is experiential! Scripture is alive with the Word of God! But our personal lives can also be packed full with personal interaction with the God who desires to speak to us each and every day. I am so grateful to be in a church that encourages this day-to-day life-filling interaction with the Heavenly Savior. Thank you, Pastor Melvin, for regularly encouraging me to go for a walk, and demonstrating this practice. My life will never be the same!

I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses

And He walks with me and He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known

"In the Garden" (gospel song) by C. Austin Miles, 1912