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A Command To Walk

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We celebrated my Grandmother’s 90th birthday recently.  I took upon myself to set up the festivities.  The day of the party we arrived early to her apartment and began to set up in the community room.  By the time the party started I was exhausted and sweating profusely.

By the time we arrived back home I was so tired that I could hardly stand up, let alone walk.  Yet, I had to get out of the van and walk in the house.  Not only that; but, I had to help my wife; who was exhausted too and more so, unload the van.  I kept telling myself, “Left foot.  Right foot.”

Another of God’s commands to Jeremiah was to walk.  Look at Jeremiah 6:16, “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.”  The word “walk” means to walk or carry.  Some days it seems to be easy to walk with God.  Other days it seems nearly impossible to walk with God.

It does not matter how we “feel”.  We have been commanded to walk with God and to carry the message of the gospel to the world around us.  Our problem is that we allow things to cloud our thinking and perspective and then we get knocked off course and we sit down and quit walking and carrying.  We have to remember it is a command and not a suggestion.

So, how are you doing?

As The Eagle, So The LORD 4

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As we continue our study let’s look at Deuteronomy 32:11, “As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:”

The next phrase I want to look at is, “taketh them”.  It means to take (in the widest variety of applications)and can be translated accept, bring, carry away.  In the life of the eaglet, this is where things seemingly takes another turn for the worst.  This eaglet has lost his nest.  The parents have torn it apart and it is long gone.  The eaglet has now spent a cold night on their rock probably shaking and shivering all alone there. The next morning the mother goes to the eaglet and motions for it to jump on her back.  When it does it finds that the mother’s feathers are warm and it digs in with it’s talons until it draws blood.

God wants you and I to live the abundant life.  Jesus tells us in John 10:10, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”  This begins when we leave our comfort zone and begin to trust Him.  We have to “dig in” with our “talons” so to speak.  If we are going to parent children with special needs then we need to get a good hold on God.  The beauty of this is that He has a hold on us.  Are you clinging to God?  I hope you are.  If not contact me and I would love to show you how you can get a hold of God personally.

So, how are you doing?