I Want to Walk with God

March 10, 2011 mailahug
Tags: bible, Enoch, faith, love, walk with God

OK, so you know I’ve started dilligently studying the bible because I believe God told me that all our answers to our many questions about life, work, relationships, love, family, etc. can be found in the word.  I decided to begin in the beginning, Genesis, and read one chapter from it, one chapter from Psalms, one chapter from Proverbs, and one chapter from the New Testament at each reading.  With my busy schedule, I’m releiving some of the pressure of reading everyday by reading mostly on my days off  so I can focus better on what I’m reading and not rush through it.

Have you ever read through the bible starting at page one and going forward?  Chapter five in Genesis writes about the ‘begats’; who begat whom.  Today, when I looked at the first paragraph and saw that I would be reading a chapter about begats, I felt as if I would simply skim through this chapter because I was certain that I was going to be bored by it.  But, doing my duty as I promised God, I began reading the bagats and actually paying attention to what I was reading.  

Adam lived one hundread and thirty years, gave birth to a son, lived eight hundred and so many years, and died.  This was the exact same story for each generation; born, live, give birth to a son, live for many years and having more children and then dying.  But wait!  Along comes Enoch, Noah’s great-grandfather, and his life began as all the others.  Instead of living, though, he walked with God, gave birth to a son, lived a couple hundred more years, and then WAS not.  He didn’t just live, he spent his life here on earth walking with God, and then God took him up.  He didn’t die.

What does that all mean?  How do we walk with God on this earth instead of just living? 

I want to walk with God.  I want my life to be pleasing to Him.  I want to see through His eyes, love with His heart, hear with His ears, forgive with His kindness and walk in His light.  I want His loving arms to wrap around me as He carries me through my days.

I suppose to walk with God means to love others as He loves us, forgive as He forgives, and live not by our own understanding but trust in Him.

Today’s prayer is to be blessed enough to walk with God!

And God bless you!

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