Our Walk with the Lord

In reading an article the other day out of my "Homelife" magazine, it struck me how easily we as humans get off course.  The article is entitled "Walking Sierra - Teaching a puppy to walk on a leash reminds me of my relationship with God"  by Gaile Veale.  A puppy many times wants to go in one direction and the owner wants to go in another.  Just as God is guiding us in one direction and we are pulling with all of our might to go another direction.  Another comparison within the article relayed the puppies need to sniff everything and take its time.  Do we take time to check out God's word and spend quality time within His word and talking with Him?

Those are hard questions to ponder as we get wrapped in the hustle and bustle of life.  Joshua 1:8 states, "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to everything written in it." 1 Thessalonians 5:17 notes, "Pray continually".  To be in His word day and night and to be praying continually takes diligence.  It is taking the time to build a relationship with Christ. 

Why spend the time?  Because Christ is always there for us, always guiding us, always knows what is best for us and laid down His life for us so we can have a relationship with Him.  In spending that time with Him, we can follow the path He is asking us to lead.  As noted in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

I pray as you walk with the Lord, you find yourself not pulling on the leash in a different direction and taking the time to check out His word along the way. 

Cheryl