Walking with God

Walking is one of the best forms of exercise. In the Bible, walking is the primary means of transportation. It was a normal part of life.

To walk means to go somewhere. It means to put forth effort to go from one place to another.

God wants us to walk with him. When we walk spiritually, we put into practice God’s word. We hear him and follow him. We go from one place to another place in our spiritual journey.

Two people can only walk together if they are agreed (Amos 3:3). To walk together, people must be on the same road and go in the same direction. To walk with God, we must agree with his word.

From the beginning of the world, God has desired to walk with man.

In the beginning, in the garden of Eden, God and Adam walked together. They had fellowship together, and this was sweet for them both. But then one day God was walking in the Garden, and Adam was not there. God called to him, “Where are you?” God was walking, but his friend Adam was no longer walking with him.

Adam replied that he heard God’s sound and then ran away to hide. 

God makes a sound when he walks. This sound is an invitation to walk with him. This might be God’s voice speaking to us. It might be the leading of the Holy Spirit.

“Blessed are those who hear the joyful sound, they will walk in the light of your countenance” (Psalm 89:15).

The joyful sound is the sound of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is like wind blowing, and when we follow the Spirit, we are led to walk with God. This is a joyful sound because God is full of joy, and when we respond to him we discover true joy.

This sound is God’s voice. God’s sheep hear his voice and they follow him.

God’s voice is an invitation to walk with him. Whenever we hear the voice of God, we should not harden our hearts. When we harden our hearts then we will miss an opportunity to move forward with God. When a person hardens his heart, he may end up in the wilderness. 

This is what happened to Adam. Adam hid from God and did not walk with him anymore because he had sinned. He ran away and hid because he was ashamed and knew he was naked. Sin leads to guilt, shame, and nakedness. Ultimately, this can lead to hardness of heart and pride. Generations later, humanity was lost in rebellion and pride and all their thoughts became evil. They were walking in their own ways.

When we listen to God’s voice, we can walk with God out of the wilderness into the Promised Land. This is the place of life and blessing in Christ.

We are commanded to walk humbly with God (Micah 6:8). When we are humble, we can walk with God. Pride prevents a person from walking with God because it produces hardness of heart that doesn’t listen to God’s sound.

After Adam fell, most of humanity became corrupt. But eventually another man rose up who began walking with God. Enoch walked with God for 300 years (Genesis 5:22-24). God enjoyed being with Enoch so much that he took him out of the earth. He must have been very happy to have a man walking with him once again. God really likes it when people walk with him.

After this, Noah walked with God (Genesis 6:9). The name Noah means rest. Noah entered into rest with God because he was walking with God. He was resting in God even though he was building a massive boat to save the creation. Because Noah walked with God he was a prophetic man. He had vision to see things others could not see and do things others could not do.

God commands us to walk with him (Colossians 2:6-7). All Christians are to walk with God, and when we walk with God we fulfill our purpose. 

How will we walk with God?

We must walk by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7). God is invisible, and to walk with him means we need to see invisible things and hear inaudible things from the Spirit.

We need to walk in God’s ways. The roads of God are spiritual roads and they are all defined in his word. When we study the Bible, we discover the pathways of God. As we obey the word of God, we stay in the path where God is. If we want to walk with God, we must say within these paths.

We need to walk in the light (1 John 1:7). God is in the light, and to walk with him we need to be in the light. The ways of darkness, sin, and evil are not the ways of God.

God walks among his people (2 Corinthians 6:16). He walks among the churches (Revelation 2:1). To walk with God, we need fellowship with his people inside of his house. As we fellowship with God’s people, we will know more of God and be able to walk with him more closely.

We were made to walk with God – to be in a close relationship with him. Let’s fulfill this purpose.

At the beginning, Adam walked with God. Throughout history some of God’s people have walked with him. And at the end of the age there will be a group of people who will walk with God. They will not walk according to their own minds and understanding, but they will live by the Spirit of God. They will walk in realms of the Spirit. They will dwell in heavenly places. They will hear God’s voice and do wonders on the earth. Through them, God’s will is going to be accomplished, and his kingdom will come.

Let us listen to God’s word and obey his voice. When we walk with God, our lives will be lifted out of the mundane into the supernatural. This is what we were made to do. As we learn to walk with God, we will be preparing ourselves for a glorious future.