Walking With God

It's interesting how the bible relates our relationship with christ as a walk. (note: i used a King Jimmy version for this. the NIV translators changed the word walk to live )

Ephesians 4 calls us to walk with confidence that we are worthy of the vocation in which we are called. Ephesians 5 tells us that we walk in the love of Christ. Ephesians 6:15 tells us to ready our feet with the gospel of peace. So basically Ephesians is littered with refrences to walking.

I'm sure there are many others that i have missed but these three are important. So often we (or at least I) doubt our ability to really live out the gospel message. We decide to take the easy path instead of taking the risk. We decide to be the quiet bystander instead of the black sheep in the name of Jesus. Have confidence that God will work through you. Live your life in search of your vocations. The things God needs you to do for him will reveal themselves when we live lives worthy of those dutys.

We all mess up sometimes. I find myself walking with my head drooped in shame most days. I know that I let sin into my life when i should be devoted to Christ and i hate it. I don't know why I have such a lack of self controll and that makes it easy to feel unworthy and unloveable at times. Remember we walk in the love of Christ. His love is Agape. And unconditional love that is filled with a Grace that we all need. Jesus loves me this i know because the bible tells me so.

Part of the armor of God that i think is often over looked is the shoes. We are to ready our feet with the gospel of peace. We are called to action, to go with intention! Our feet ready to spread the gospel like wild fire. If we walk with confidence basking in the love of Jesus our savior with intention to live out God's will we will find peace. A journey does can become tiring at times but remember your destination. I pray that we can leave our baggage behind and follow Jesus. Do you have your shoes on?