Saturday Scripture Gold with Bibi: Making the Most of Your Walk with God

He `walked with God!' Could grander words be written?
Not much of what he thought or said is told:
Not where or what he wrought is even mentioned;
He `walked with God'—brief words of fade-less gold!
How many souls were succored on his journey—
Helped by his words, or prayers, we may not know;
Still, this we read—words of excelling grandeur,
He walked with God while yet he walked below.
And, after years, long years, of such blest walking,
One day he walked, then was not, God said `Come!
Come from the scene of weary sin-stained sadness!
Come to the fuller fellowship of Home!'
Such be the tribute of thy pilgrim journey
When life's last mile thy feet have bravely trod—
When thou hast gone to all that there awaits thee,
This simple epitaph—‘He walked with God'.   -J. Danson Smith

Time is precious. We really aren't here on this earth for very long. We're like when you go to turn the light switch on, and find that the bulb is burned out. One day it will eventually happen. So, how can we make the most of the time we have?

We can make the most of the time we have left on earth by making the most of our walk with God. Many people live carelessly not giving much thought about their relationship with God. One day we will all have to stand before the Creator. The question that demands an answer is this: Will this God be your Heavenly Father who will receive you as a forgiven child? Or will this God be your Judge who will expel you to an eternal punishment?

To make the most of your walk with God, it is essential that you know Christ as your Lord and Savior. Apart from Christ there is no walk with God. Apart from Christ there is no saving relationship with God. To the person who is outside of God’s saving grace, I urge you to go to Jesus. He is ready to receive you. I pray you will find Jesus to be your Savior this very day.

To the child of God I urge you to make the most of your walk with the Lord! Don’t be a careless Christian who lives day by day with no thought of a deeper walk with Christ. Don’t settle for a “I know-nothing; I feel-nothing; I want-nothing; I desire-nothing”.

I would seriously question whether I was a believer if I did not want to know more of Christ. I would seriously question my salvation if I did not feel and sense God’s presence from time to time. It’s not that our faith is based on feelings, but I should have some sense of God at work in my life. I would seriously question my salvation if I did not want anything at all from the Lord. I would seriously question where I stand with God if I did not desire anything of the Lord.

In Psalm 1:1-16 we have a plea for a deeper, more solid, more productive walk with God. The person who has a close walk with God is called Blessed! So, how can we make the most of our walk with God? How can it become a blessed Walk?

To make the most of our walk with God, we will need to look carefully in three directions and answer three important questions:

1. Look Around. How are you being influenced? (Psalm 1:1-2) There are only two possible ways we can be influenced. Either we are influenced with godly influence, or with ungodly influence. We need to look around and ask ourselves the question: How are we being influenced? We are surrounded by all kinds of influence. What are we allowing to influence us? To shape us? To mold us?

2. Look Inside. What are you becoming? (Psalm 1:3-4) How we are influenced will reflect in what we become in character.Look Inside your heart. Look inside where you really live. Ask yourself, “what kind of person am I becoming?” The person who delights in God’s Word, and He, or She meditates on God’s Word will become like a tree planted by the rivers of water. You have found the source of true happiness. You are refreshed and nourished. It shows.

3. Look Ahead. How will you be judged? (Psalm 1:5-6) There is a destiny we will all be a part of. Up ahead….judgment day is coming! Will you be judged among the ungodly? The ungodly will not be able to stand on judgment day.The ungodly shall not stand They will not have a leg to stand on. They will not have an excuse to stand on. They've made all kinds of excuses why they can’t come to church; why they can’t be saved today; Excuses…Excuses…but on that day they will not be able to stand on any excuse. They won’t be able to stand on their own self-righteousness. They won’t be able to stand and look God in the eye.

Jesus knows the way of the righteous. He knows His own. He knows their ways. It is the way of the cross. It is the way of repentance and faith in Christ. It is the ONLY way! The ungodly has their own way. The way of their own. The way of do as you please. The way of the world. The way of self-righteousness. The way of works. The way of man-made religion. Look ahead….how will you be judged?

Keep this in mind. The spiritual walk of which the Bible speaks Is a dynamic exercise of faith, and the successful completion of this walk Is dependent not upon one’s natural or physical resources but upon the strength, leadership, and controlling influence of the Holy Spirit.

In closing, to make the most of your walk with God….it begins by godly influences. Godly influence will result in what you become on the inside…godly character. Godly character is what God is looking for…He’s looking for His own. Ungodly ways will not stand on judgment day!

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7; Proverbs 3:5-6; Deuteronomy 5:33; Psalm 119:105; Ephesians 2:10; Psalm 119:133; Zechariah 3:7  

Now, let's pray...

O Father, give us the humility which realizes its ignorance, admits its mistakes, recognizes its need, welcomes advice, accepts rebuke. Help us always to praise rather than to criticize, to sympathize rather than to discourage, to build rather than to destroy, and to think of people at their best rather than at their worst. This we ask for in thy name's sake. Amen

Until next time...

Have a blessed week!

Bibi