Hi Jim!
How goes the battle. Getting closer and closer to election....I wonder what evil the dems will come up with this time. I hope you’re keeping well, all things considered.
I hope you’re keeping well, all things considered.
More so, really. I was thinking about Enoch lately and how he walked with God in the midst of such evil that soon God had to destroy the earth with a flood, save Noah and his family.
The Bible says we are living in those same kind of days now. And in the midst of the chaos, I feel like I'm learning to "walk with God." How? (I'll try to keep it brief.)
How do you walk with God?
On the 7th day of creation, God rested and the 7th day is the only day that there's no record of the 7th day ending like the first 6 days. Hebrews Chapter Four says there remains a rest for God's people - the Promised land of Rest that we should "labor" to enter. "Labor to enter rest" - that's a good one.
So resting in Him is a big deal. Couple that with, "the works were finished from the foundation of the world" (Heb. 4:3) and other scripture like, "he has chosen us before the foundation of the world" (Eph. 1:4), and Christ "was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you" (1 Peter 1:20).
Couple all of that with "This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it" (Psalms 118:24). What does it mean that "this is the day the Lord has made"? Is that just that the sun comes up and the birds fly around? I think it means that before the foundation of the world, the Lord finished the works for each one of us individually (it's a God thing). All we have to do is rest and flow in his finished works. Like sitting in a kayak (resting) while flowing down the river (moving).
So every morning now I pray, "Lord, by you grace may I rest, walk, flow, rejoice, and be glad in the finished works you have for me today". For me right now, it's baby steps. But it is wonderful.
So a long answer to your short question.