By: Hanny Lynn Stearns
Fish N
Loaves Ministries, Inc.
“Multiplying
God’s Word Around The Globe”
August 11, 2016
Agreeing To Walk
With Jesus
Amos
3:3
Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
This little
verse packs a great big punch right where it counts. What does it really mean
to walk with Jesus? Some spend a lifetime without ever finding out the true
meaning of a faithful walk with the Master. Many walk this life on their own
even after asking Jesus to be their Savior. Many do not really want Him to be
their Lord. Today, He is asking us to see what it means to walk with Him.
We cannot
walk with anyone or do anything with another person unless we both agree. Right?
For example, if someone asks us to go to the mission field to do a project, we
have the choice of whether to accept or reject the offer. It is no different
with the Lord. That’s why He put this in the scriptures for us. To walk with
Him means to agree to do things His way, not ours.
As a former
addict, I have seen Him bring this verse to me a number of times when I chose
to give in to the cravings of my flesh and eat out of control. He showed me
over and over that I have to agree with Him and put my flesh under. He will not
force us – we must agree. Remember, the Lord never forces anyone to do
anything. He gets things done in the earth according to His overall plan by
going to the people who will listen and obey. He has to pass by those who
refuse to lay their lives down for His cause. They will be left on the
sidelines and miss their rewards, while someone else gets their reward for
their obedience and they get ours too.
It does not
make the Lord happy to leave us on the sidelines. He wants us “all in” on this
game. He is behind us all the way. He is a winner and He wants us to live like
winners to – in every area of our lives. Since I was addicted to food, and more
specifically sugar, I will use food as the example in this lesson. But,
whatever you have struggled with, you can simply place the word for it where I have
said “food.”
For me,
agreeing to walk with Jesus is to agree to eat a certain way. I can no longer
eat sugar unless it comes in the form of fruit, or stevia that is placed in
foods. I cannot add it to my coffee or smoothies, etc. These are His rules.
Why? Because He knows that anything that tastes real sweet will cause me to
crave more sweet and pull me back into a “lurch” like I once was – out of
control and desperate.
I couldn’t
walk away from the food and sugar on my own. I was 100% completely addicted to it.
I needed help or else it would have killed me. The Lord has given me
encouragement in His word daily. He has given me specific instructions that He
wants me to abide by to keep the flesh under so I can submit to the leading of
Holy Spirit. If I agree, we are in the game together, walking and running
successfully through each day.
If I don’t
agree, He will let me wallow in my addiction, but He will not be pleased. He
would have to pass me by. He would have to leave me sitting on the bench while
I stuffed my mouth with ice cream and ho-ho’s, and move on to someone who is
willing to walk with Him and do His work. But I don’t want that! I don’t want
to miss out on the wonderful, abundant and prosperous life that He has planned
for me. I don’t want to miss out on my rewards! I don’t want to live my life
serving idols which are an abomination to the Lord. I want to spend my days by
being obedient and living in prosperity…
Job 36:11
If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasures.
A lot of
folks out there do not want to give up their worldly comfort zone, the food, or
whatever they are using to pacify themselves. They are happy to remain in their
misery and just accept the status quo. They are willing to accept a broken down
body and spend all their cash on running to the Dr. and swallowing pills that
are only making them worse, rather than investing those same dollars in the
kingdom. It is so SADD-U-CEE!
But that’s
not you and me, is it? No, we want to agree to live a holy life and walk with
Jesus. We agree that to walk with Him means to put the flesh under every single
day. I could go on for hours about the things the Lord has shown me over the
past several years as He has helped me to walk away from false gods that could
not comfort or heal me into the loving arms of the only Healer and Comforter there
is – Jesus Christ, the Son of the Most High God.
Today I
want to be used to encourage others. If you will agree to do things His way and
trust Him – I mean really trust Him just one day, one moment at a time - if you
will work His word by saying it out loud in faith over your life every single
day, then you will get the results your heart desires. You will get the
victory. It is a one day at a time walk. We can’t walk in tomorrow – it isn’t
here yet. In fact, tomorrow never comes. We are always and only in today, every
minute of each day.
So enjoy
today and trust in the all-powerful Savior who can strengthen you to make the
right choices. Listen to His voice. Obey what He tells you. By doing this you
will see real miracles unfold in your life. I promise. Working the word for
your life works. It cannot fail.
God bless
you!
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