Eyes on the Lord and His Word

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Encouragement for your daily walk with God 

Sometimes the Scripture makes a statement that seems simple yet it is difficult to carry out. Take Paul’s directive to the Galatians Christ followers:

“Walk by [means of] the Spirit...’ Sounds so simple, doesn’t it? We all know what walking is and how to do it. But when combined with the spiritual, we find it difficult to do. 

The structure of the Greek word, peripateoœ, means to “keep on continually walking” in the Spirit. And from the text we understand that the main opposition to that is our own flesh [Galatians 5:17]. 

So we need a strategy to “keep on walking in the Spirit.” What I am about to suggest is nothing new. It’s the age-old discipline of “eyes on the Lord and His Word.”

Strategy 1: A Daily Intake of the Word

The Psalmist declared that the favored man on a godly path delights himself “in the law of the Lord and in His law he meditates day and night” [Psalm 1:1-2]. That doesn’t mean you can’t do anything but read the Bible. The idea is a patient and thorough reflexion of Scripture. That will go a long way in sealing the Word in our heart “that we might not sin against Him” [Psalm 119:11].

Strategy 2: A Renewed Focus on God

The key here is “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect” [Romans 12:2). A Christ follower with a renewed focus on God will be the one who worships God - in spirit and in truth. One of my Bible College professors was fond of saying, “Show me a worshiper of God, and I will show you a Christ follower who’s controlled by the Spirit and ready to experience the present hour refreshed from above.”

Walk by the spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. Galatians 5:16