Thursday, December 23, 2004

An Evening Walk

“ And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.” Gen 3:8
While the rest of this verse focuses on man’s fall from the garden of Eden, I would like to focus on the first half of this verse. Just think about the situation. God is walking in the garden. In the evening. He is looking for Adam and Eve to walk with Him.
Just think of all that you could talk about with God while you walk with Him in the cool of the evening.
Sad it is indeed that Adam and Eve lost their daily walk with God, at least physically.
Then again:
“for we walk by faith, not by sight; “ (2 Corinthians 5:7)
“ For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people." (2 Corinthians 6:16)
Yes, God still walks with us. Not physically as He did with Adam and Eve in the garden, but He still walks with us. And during our daily walk, we still can tell Him all that we care to tell:
“Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. “ (Romans 8:26)
“But I know that even now, whatever You will ask of God, God will give You. “ (John 11:22)
We need to talk to God.
“Pray without ceasing. “ (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

“Therefore, I desire that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. “ (1 Timothy 2:8)

Daily we walk and daily we talk, to our Maker and our Redeemer. Maybe we don’t have the pleasure of physically walking with God in the garden, but we have the great pleasure of knowing God is with us, constantly.
So, take a walk today. With God