SUNDAY
Walk By Faith
We don’t always understand the way that God is leading us. When we can’t see the path that God has shown us to walk in, then we walk on by faith. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) The writer of Hebrews gives us examples of men and women in the Bible who walked by faith. Abraham is a great example. He put His trust in God, even though he did not know where God was leading him. He obeyed what God had told him. If we want to walk by faith we must obey God’s Word. Abraham was able to do this because he had an eternal focus. “For he looked for a city… whose builder and maker is God.”
“8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” (Hebrews 11:8-10)
MONDAY
Walk In Truth
What is truth? I was trying to think of how to begin this devotional, and I typed in, “What is truth?” in my Bible concordance app. It came up with a chapter and verse reference where someone in the Bible actually asked the question, “What is truth?” Do you know who it was? Before we look at who posed the question, let’s see what AI says when I ask Google. I get really aggravated when I see all the posts online that are obviously not true. People who know how to use the different apps on the computer can make almost anything look real. They can put you in a photo where you never were, and take you out of a photo when someone doesn’t want to admit you were there. I often complain that children today don’t know what is true and what it just a falsified creation, because many of the things they see are made to look like they actually happened. But, AI pulled a good answer from Merriam-Webster, “Truth is the quality or state of being in agreement with fact, reality, or actuality.” God’s Word is true! “Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.” (Psalm 119:160) Look also at John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” When we know the Word of God, we can walk in truth. David prayed, “Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.” (Psalm 86:11-12) Okay, do you know who asked Jesus, “What is truth?” It was Pilate, who told the Jews, “I find in him no fault at all”, but had Him crucified anyway. Walk in truth.
“37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.” (John 18:37-40)
TUESDAY
God Wants To Walk With Us
God created Adam and Eve and put them in a wonderful garden of perfection. God provided all their needs and walked with them. But, after they sinned, they tried to hide from God. “And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.” (Genesis 3:8) God still wants to walk with us. “And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.” (Leviticus 26:12) The Apostle Paul mentions all the things that cannot separate us from God’s love and fellowship.
“37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:37-39)
Nothing can separate us from God’s love but our sin can come between us and the Lord. “Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.” (Isaiah 59:1-2)
WEDNESDAY
Can Two Walk Together?
In the book of Amos, the Lord asked the people “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3) I enjoy walking. My doctor told me to walk so many steps every day. We had a hot summer and many days after working in the garden I didn’t feel like getting all the steps in. On the really hot days I couldn’t walk outside so I walked from room to room in the house. If it was a beautiful day and I asked Michael to walk with me, there are a few things we would have to agree on. First, we would have to agree on the path and direction we would walk. We could not walk together if we were walking in opposite directions. To walk with the Lord we must walk on the path and direction He has for us. Next, we would have to be walking at the same time. If Michael was walking even a little faster than I was, it wouldn’t take long for him to be way ahead of me. Or, if I walked faster, I would get ahead of him. Sometimes we have to seek the Lord’s timing in our daily walk. We may want to do something now and not understand why our prayers are delayed. We must believe in the Lord and put our trust in His guiding and follow Him. His timing is always right. When the Lord posed this question to Israel, they were not in agreement with God. They were worshiping idols and serving other Gods and judgment was coming. So, finally, I think that we would have to be in agreement with each other to walk together. It would be hard to walk with someone that I couldn’t talk with and fellowship with as we walked. Let’s walk with the Lord. “Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.” (Deuteronomy 5:33)
THURSDAY
The Lord Is My Shepherd
When Samuel went to Jesse to anoint one of his sons to be the new king, the older ones walked before him and the Lord told him that neither of these were the chosen one. “And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.” (I Kings 16:11-12) David was just a young shepherd who knew The Shepherd. We have been talking about walking with the Lord, and in this Psalm David says, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” David fought many battles, but he walked with the Lord and was not afraid to walk through the valley of the shadow of death.
“1 <<A Psalm of David.>> The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.” (Psalm 23)
FRIDAY
Walk Humbly With Thy God
I am still reading in the Old Testaments prophets and I just finished the book of Micah. The prophets were sent from God to warn the people of God’s coming judgment. God is gracious and merciful and showed them how they were to walk. Before Moses went up the mountain for the last time, he reminded them of God’s commandments and how they were to walk in them. They were to teach their children so that they would know God’s law, and pass it down to their children.
“5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” (Deuteronomy 6:5-7)
In reading through the Bible we see that God’s children often went away from God and served idols. God sent the prophets… “Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.” (Jeremiah 29:19) We can learn from the prophets and Micah 6:8 is a great verse for us today. “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” What a greater world this would be if we all would do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God!
SATURDAY
Walk In The Spirit
I have enjoyed writing these devotionals on how we are to walk with the Lord. I didn’t get to all of the scriptures I thought about using, so I want to share them with you today. Paul told the Galatian believers, “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:16) He continued by showing them the fruit of the Spirit. Let’s walk in His Spirit.
“22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:22, 23, & 25)
These are a few more great verses on walking with the Lord.
“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” (Psalm 84:11)
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)
“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.” (Jeremiah 6:16)
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” (III John 4)
“1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” (Psalm 1)
