WALKING WITH GOD

Deuteronomy 5:30-33; “Go say to them, get you into your tents again. But as for thee, stand

thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the

judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to

possess it. Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall

not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 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”.

Walking with God can be highly rewarding if we can pay the price. The price, however, is very

easy if we are humble-hearted, after all Jesus said: “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Walking with God takes complete obedience to His Word. “And Enoch walked with God: and he

was not; for God took him”. Genesis 5:24. We are confronted with what it takes to walk with God.

Failure to do this brought calamity upon the human race in the Garden of Eden. The Bible says: “And

the Lord God commanded the man, saying of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that

thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Genesis 2:16-17.

The first man and woman listened to the devil, who deceived them by telling them that God’s word
was a lie. He persuaded them to eat the forbidden fruit, and as a result, they bungled their walk with

God and God’s presence began to frighten them. “And when the woman saw that the tree was good

for good, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she

took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

Genesis 3:6. This is exactly what is still happening today. People find it difficult to live by the words

of the Holy Scriptures because they feel it is out-dated. Some theologians are already saying that the

ideals of Christ in the gospels are no longer relevant or tenable in the 21st century! These only remind

me of what God said concerning His Word and concerning the latter days; Jesus said: “For verily I

say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law,

till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall

teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and

teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven”. Matthew 5:18-19.

Beloved, walking with God is a command that doesn’t just please God but also benefits us greatly.

The Bible says: “… that ye may live, and that it may be well you, and that ye may prolong your

days in the land which ye shall possess.” Deuteronomy 5:33. I pray the lord will help you to walk

in complete obedience to his Word.

Walking with God requires knowing His ways. There is no way you can walk with God if you do
not know His ways, this is because God is invisible and yet only walking with Him guarantees safety

and prosperity. Another thing about walking in His ways is that His ways are more often not our

ways: The Bible says: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,

saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your

ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9.

Deuteronomy 8:1-6; “All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe

to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto

your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty

years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart,

whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee

to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that

he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that

proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee,

neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a

man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the

commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him”.

God says that His people should remember all the ways in which He led them for forty years. One
striking thing about this passage is the fact that man survives majority on the Word of God and not by

bread alone. How did God show His people this truth? He gave them food and water on a daily basis

without them labouring. Even their clothes and sandals did not wear out! “And he humbled thee, and

suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy

fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every

word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. Thy raiment waxed not old

upon thee….” Deuteronomy 8:3-4.

The above passage shows that people of God should not disobey God because of what they will eat

or drink. Many today are on their way to hell because of what they will eat, drink or put on. This was

the truth that guided Jesus when the devil wanted to bring Him down with food in Luke 4:4. Jesus

taught his disciples, re-assuring them that as long as they walk with God in His ways through His

words, all their needs would be met. He said: “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your

life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not

the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Matthew 6:25. Beloved, I encourage you to

begin to walk with God by His Word from today, and you will experience His Almighty benevolence

in Jesus’ name.

Walking with God requires living holy because God is holy. According to the Scriptures, two can’t
walk together if they do not agree. When we live holy, we are in agreement with God. The Lord spoke

with Abram thus: “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram,

and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect”. Genesis 17:1

Psalm 24:3-6, who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who shall stand in his holy

place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity,

nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the

God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him that seek thy face, O Jacob.

Selah”.

In the above bible passage, we are confronted with some fundamental requirements for an

acceptable walk with God. The first one is clean hands. If your hands are defiled, you cannot walk

with God. What is it that defiles a man’s hands? Blood money is one; money that belongs to another

person or organisation but you have taken unlawfully is another. Also, your hands are defiled by the

unlawful touch of another man’s wife or another woman’s husband. “Can a man take fire in his

bosom and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So

he that goeth in to his neighbour ‘s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent”.

Proverbs 6:27-29.
 Moreover, only a man with a pure heart can effectively and acceptably walk with God. The heart

is deceitful and desperately wicked, but God is able to remove this wickedness. This is why

everyone must surrender his or her heart to God for spiritual surgery through genuine repentance. The

Scripture says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. If we confess our sins to God, He

is faithful to give us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. God also promises: “And I will give

them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their

flesh, and I will give them an heart of flesh: that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine

ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God”. Ezekiel 11:19-

20.

Jesus Christ said that we cannot serve God and Mammon. Also, the Bible enjoins us not to love the

world and its vanities. Failure to heed this scriptural injunction is lifting up our soul unto vanity. The

love of money can hinder our Christian walk with God. It makes Christians do such things as

swearing to false affidavits. May the Lord deliver you from anything that works against your walk

with God in Jesus’ name. Using 2nd Corinthians 6:14-18, pray that God will enable you to shun

anything that will hinder your walk with Him.