Men, why should God want to walk with us if we do not have a serious interest in walking with Him? We must cast off the spirit of casualness and apathy. We must not take this walking with God flippantly.
The first words that came from the Apostle Paul's mouth after Jesus intervened in his plans on the road to Damascus were, "Lord, what would you have me to do?" (Acts 9:6). This is the most important aspect of what it takes to walk with God. The self life and all of its subtleties has to be surrendered delightfully on a daily basis to the supreme will of the King of kings.
Paul confessed, "I die daily" (1 Corinthians 15;31). Jesus Christ confessed as He faced the cross, the greatest challenge of His life on earth, "Not my will, but Thine be done." We read that this was written of Him in Psalm 40:7-8, "Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God." Jesus had no problem with walking with this attitude.
Men, not only our wives and families need men who put God's will first in their lives, but God Himself needs this type of man to walk with.
2 Corinthians 6:16-18 says, "What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
Leviticus 26:11-13 says, "And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright."
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell