I know it can seem a bit complicated to talk about Walking with God when I've written 140 different blog posts just getting to this point. Add that to the label structure you see on the right and it starts to seem daunting.
Walking with God, however, is much easier than we realize. The details I've shared up to this point all help us see a process that will take place and last a lifetime. To help you see how simple that process looks on a daily basis, the next week's blog posts will show you how simple this relationship-development process really can be.
Relationships only grow when time is given to them. Marriages strengthen, parents and their children grow close, friendships grow stronger as the people involved in these relationships take the time to get to know one another. Time is necessary for a relationship to flourish.
Walking with God is the same way. Time is necessary for the relationship to flourish. Jesus understood and modeled this through his time spent alone with his "Father" in heaven. Jesus would purposefully leave the crowds to be alone with God in prayer. His twelve apostles were chosen after an entire night in prayer before God. Jesus knew that his words reflected the Father's words because he spent so much time with the Father.
Then Jesus cried out, "Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me...For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken. (John 12:44-49 NIV)
Are you close enough to God that you know what He wants you to say or do? You build that kind of relationship with time.
Do you spend time with God?
Take the time. It's worth it.
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