Walking Together...

Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?--Amos 3:3

To walk with the Lord you must be in agreement with Him.  Your will submitted to His will.  His desires become your desires. You cannot have His presence if you are walking contrary to Him. You cannot go your own way...you must go His.  Most of us will not go His way until things stop going our way and we reach the end of ourselves. This is what happened to me and I am forever grateful for those burdens that brought me to Him.  I am grateful for the trials that even today draw me closer to Him.  Each one causing me to release my grip a little bit more on the things of the world and look up and set my mind on Him and the things above.

Sin makes you tired...it makes you weary and heavy laden.  Life does this also.  Illness, job loss, family problems, death of loved ones, betrayal, selfishness, and the day to day grind of daily living especially as we move on in years add up.  All of us have so many many burdens that could cause us to eventually lose heart. We give up and cope in whatever way we can with what life throws at us.  Unfortunately, most of our coping mechanisms in the end only cause more problems and increase our struggle.

Finally, some of us reach the point of  absolute helplessness and hopelessness and, in desperation, go to Him and by faith do as He asks.  We give up trusting in ourselves and trying to go it alone.  We take His yoke upon us...We allow Jesus to be lead ox and we follow Him.  He tells us not to steer or try to control but learn from Him because he is meek and gentle and in Him we find rest for our souls.  Jesus has placed inside of each one of us a burden to know Him and to fellowship with Him.  Go to Him by faith...confess your sin, express your need for Him and submit yourself to His Lordship and believe.  When you seek Him and His righteousness all the other burdens you face, will diminish in the light of His glory and grace. 



But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.  For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”--Romans 10:8-13