Walking = Obedience

Earlier today the Lord really ministered to me in the topic of walking worthy of our calling and tonight as I read to my wife, we read in Genesis 6-8 about how the heart of man was so corrupt and all the earth was filled with violence. But then it says...

”But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord…Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.”

As I think about this, here is a man that lived in the midst of so much wickedness and yet he found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Why? I believe it was because he desired righteousness and not wickedness. He desired to be above reproach, to walk blamelessly in his generations. How could he do this? HE WALKED WITH GOD! Those are just 4 words, and yet they are very powerful words.

Think about it… today we are living in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation. Sin is abounding. The warfare for people’s souls are at stake. Apathy, complacency, selfishness, and compromising is something that the “Bride of Christ” is constantly dealing with. (These things I see in myself too much). And so when God is wanting to use people in this midst of all of this – who does He look for? He looks for those who are WALKING WITH HIM.

• Those who are in fellowship with Him.
• Those who are sitting at His feet.
• Those who know His heart.
• Those who know Him.
• Those who fear Him and not man

So here was Noah. A normal man. But a man who walked with his God and was active in it! So I believe when God told him to build this huge ark in the midst of the desert, He knew that Noah would be willing because Noah walked with Him. Oh yes, this was crazy! All the circumstances that took place in this story would take faith – extraordinary faith. But Noah could do it! Why? Because he walked with God!

From Noah’s perspective, I believe that when the Lord told him all of the details, he thought, “Ok LORD, I will do it!” Why? Because Noah’s eyes were upon the One with whom all things were possible and not upon the things that seemed impossible!

And so we read later at the end of chapter 6 and in chapter 7…

“And Noah did according to ALL that the Lord commanded him to do.”

Here are some questions that I put before the Lord in prayer & I encourage you to do the same:

• What is the Lord calling you to do?
  
• Are you walking with Him?
  
• Are you available for Him?
  
• Will you trust Him?
  
• Will you keep your eyes upon Him & not on the circumstances?