Walk by Faith
Can we really walk by faith? What does it even mean to when we say “walk by faith.”
Walking by faith is the phrase that we, church folks, like to use when describing our relationship with God. The phrase is actually in the Bible.
2 Corinthians 5:7
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
How can we do this and should we do this? Is this something that was just for people in bible times?
I think that we can and should be walking by faith today. There are so many bad things that are happening in our society, that we need to walk with God in order to have true peace and joy.
I once heard a story about Smith Wigglesworth, where it was said that he would talk to God about every decision that he made. He develop this type of relationship where he would ask God about every decision that came up, everything that he had to do in a day, every thing that we would consider not important or insignificant, he would ask God about it.
This is such an encouragement to me. I truly believe that God does want to be involved in every aspect of our lives. Now, do we include Him in every decision? I’ll be the first to admit that I do not do this all the time. At least not consistently. It’s like talking to my wife. Does she want to hear from me about every decision I have to make in a day; probably not. I do however have her on my mind though when I make decisions.
This is how we can walk by faith. We should approach our day with God on our minds. If we approach our day with talking to God, we should expect to hear from Him too. Sometimes we get discouraged when talking to God because we may not hear anything back. Then we can feel silly, or like we need to give this up.
Don’t Give Up
We can’t give up on God. That feeling is because we haven’t developed a habit of talking to God, so it feels uncomfortable. We need to approach this like we approach everything else. See the end game. When it comes to things with God, we struggle with seeing the end. That we can and should see ourselves in the same light we look at Abraham, Joseph, David, and Jesus.
Our walk with God should be continuous. Everyday, every hour, every minute we have the opportunity to talk to God. If we can approach this with a heart that really wants to know God, we will hear from Him.
So don’t give up. Start today, like when we want to lose weight, or read more, or eat healthy, it all starts one day at a time. Today we can begin to talk to God. The first day you want to lose weight, 20lbs doesn’t come off your body because we walked for 10 minutes. No, but as we continue to exercise the weight starts to come off and we can see the goal a little clearer. As we talk with God, we may think that we’re not hearing from Him, but keep at it. Soon you’ll be able to hear His voice loud and clear.
Balance. It’s the one thing in life that we all seem to struggle to maintain. Being able to work and advance our careers without having to sacrifice our families. Or it can be the opposite where we want to build relationships with our family and friends that our boss thinks that we are a flake at work. Add in our spiritual walk and it can be even harder to find balance.