God’s rhetorical question to the people of Israel, He asks through the prophet Amos, is one we must apply to our relationship with Him…
Can two walk together unless they are agreed?
Amos 3:3 NKJV
God calls out Israel, His chosen people, whom He had freed out of Egypt, on their misalignment with Him. Misalignment with God is disobedience.
You know how difficult and uncomfortable things get, when you’ve agreed to walk with a friend and you’re facing opposite directions. This is compounded in our relationship with God, the most important relationship we will ever have, where its necessary, and vital that we’re aligned with Him.
Walking together
Enoch is often held up as a prime example of someone who walked with God. When we read and take n apart bit by bit, it yields a deeper richer sense of intimacy that this old introvert wants, hopes to get.
Walking is an idiom meaning fellowship, partnership and shared direction. In the Bible, the people who walk with God are obedient to Him and follow His directions.
Walking with God is not a casual activity one takes up on a weekend but soon abandons it on Monday morning. No, walking with God is a commitment that is meant to involve your entire life for the rest of your life. It means setting aside everything and anything that threatens to distract you away from your time with God. It means prioritizing time with Him, holding intimate honest conversations with Him through prayer, reading the Bible every day to know more of Him, to truly know Him.
When deep calls to deep
God has already set His terms in His Word, the Holy Bible, and through the Word, Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour, of how He wants us to relate to Him and what we’re to do. It’s now up to us to follow through and stay the course.
We begin by surrendering all we are to Him, surrendering our goals and purposes for His, prioritizing Him in our daily lives.
Reflect on it
What do you need to do today, right now, to get in sync with God?
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