Agreeing to Walk with Jesus
Amos 3:3
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
My Experience, Strength &
Hope
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. In this discussion, He is asking us to see what it means to walk
with Him; meaning to agree 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 person
who was formerly addicted to many things, 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 not only their efforts, but for picking up another man’s
slack.
It does not
make the Lord happy to leave us on the sidelines. He wants us ‘all in’ on this
journey in this life. He is behind us all the way. He is a winner and He wants
us to live like winners too – 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
discussion. But, whatever you have struggled with, you can simply place the
word for it where I have mentioned 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 fresh fruit. That includes stevia
alone or that which is placed in foods. I cannot add it to my coffee
alternative or anything else for that matter. These are His rules. Why? Because
He knows that anything that tastes real sweet will cause me to crave more sweet
stuff and could easily pull me back into bondage like I once was – out of
control and desperate.
I couldn’t
walk away from the sugar on my own. I was 100% completely addicted to it, like
a drug addict or alcoholic. I needed help or else it would have killed me. The
Lord has given me encouragement in His presence and 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
journey together; walking and running successfully throughout each day.
If I don’t
agree, He would have allowed me to wallow in my addiction, but He would 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.
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 keeping
their bodies healthy and building the kingdom of God here on earth. It is so
SADD-U-CEE!
But that’s
not you and me, is it friend? 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.
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
apply 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 why not
enjoy today and trust in the all-powerful Savior who can strengthen you to make
the right choices? Why not listen to His voice and obey what He tells you? By
doing this you will see real miracles unfold in your life - I promise. Applying
God’s word to your life – by faith really works. It cannot fail.
Scriptures from This Message…
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
John 15:14-15
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.Henceforth
I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I
have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have
made known unto you.
John 6:22-69 (Read the Verses) Jesus teaching on
His body and blood and then focus on verse 66. Many turned and no longer wanted
to walk with Him because they thought His teachings were too hard.
Jeremiah 29:11 (CJB)
For I know what plans I have in mind for you,’ says Adonai, ‘plans for well-being, not for bad
things; so that you can have hope and a future.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure.
Job 36:11
If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Deuteronomy 30:11-20 (NKJV)
“For this commandment which I command you
today is not too mysterious for you,
nor is it far
off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend
into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do
it?’ Nor is it
beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring
it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ But the word is very near you, in your mouth
and in your heart, that you may do it.
“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in
that I command you today to love the Lord your
God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His
judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go
to possess. But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are
drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, I announce to you today
that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you
cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. I call heaven and earth as
witnesses today against you, that I
have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose
life, that both you and your descendants may live; that
you may love the Lord your
God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of
your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”
Important Points to Digest:
·
Agree to walk with Jesus – do
things His way.
·
Live a holy life according to
the scriptures.
·
Put the flesh and its desires
under control – practice self-control every day.
·
Turn to God for comfort – not
pacifiers, aka. false gods/idols.
·
Be willing and obedient – do
what He tells you to do.
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Be blessed!
Hanny Stearns
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