Learning to Walk With God

If we strip down our religion to the very basics, what do we get? Some come to their declaration of faith in God. Others arrive at church attendance or a selection of doctrines. But external actions and mere notions will never get us very close to the Lord. There needs to be an encounter where our souls meet the Living God. And that initial awareness will then have to be cultivated. Once our hearts realize that they can engage with the Spirit, the relationship begins. We will be thrilled to discover new wonders of God all the time. We will be hungry for more. A lot of people haven´t realized their need to walk with God. Some deliberately choose not to dive too deep into the thought. It is much simpler for them to follow the norm. But for us, let us choose to dive into the most rewarding engagement of our lives. Let us take whatever we have with God and use it to grow our walk with Him. Our universe cannot contain the possibilities our relationship with God could bring!

Dear Lord, stir in our lives today. Let awareness sweep over us of how present You are. Once we get it into our heads that our relationship could and should grow, we can do something about it. Create in us a hunger and thirst for more of You. Help us take all our notions, doctrines, and beliefs and use them to approach You more. Like two individuals meeting up in a garden, let us come together often. Reveal Your wonders to us as our relationship grows. Let our bond turn into the sweetest and most powerful part of our lives. In Jesus´ name, we pray. Amen

Mark 1:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

Luke 5:16 ESV / But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.

Matthew 6:6 ESV / But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Isaiah 30:15 ESV / For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” But you were unwilling,

Psalm 46:10 ESV / “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

John 15:4-5 ESV / Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Jeremiah 29:12-13 ESV / Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Romans 12:2 ESV / Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Psalm 42:1-2 ESV / As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?