Let's Start Walkin'

Good morning! We speak of following Jesus along the narrow way. We talk of our walk with the Lord. How does this Christian walk begin? With but a single step of course. After the surrender of our lives to Jesus, we begin the walk. At first, we may be full of new faith and ready to step in every direction. Mission to the Congo? Send me, send me! Build a house in the Amazon basin. I'll go, I'll go! Later, the initial enthusiasm may give way to a more serious study of the word, and the dreams of travel to far places may not come. God may want to send the maturing Christian to the place he or she was planted before salvation. The Apostle Paul traveled many places in his mission, but first he studied for 3 years in one place. For a time, Paul's walk didn't have a lot of physical steps in it. Your mission may never leave the place you were raised or God may call you to a far country. In either case, the walk begins with a step. A walk to the church begins with one step. A walk to the car, or a walk to the plane leaving for Jerusalem begins with one step. Arthur Blessitt's walk around the world with a cross began with one step. In all these walks, we must take that step with Jesus and in the direction He leads us.

Flush with excitement in his new faith and salvation in Christ, the new believer takes his first step... back to his house. What has changed? The sinner is now a believer. Christ took the first step by making this new life possible. Whatever our physical location or destination in our walk with Jesus, the real journey begins and ends in the heart. Before any of us can enter the gates of Heaven, that desperately wicked heart must be replaced by one devoted to God. The flesh that fights us every step of the way must become like the flesh of the risen Christ. The image stamped on us by the world must be made to reflect the image of our Lord Jesus. Spiritual journey and physical walk start with a step of faith. Let's start walkin'!

Bucky