Reflection Paper On Walking With God

WALKING WITH GOD

INTRODUCTION

When I was asked to lead this session, I was shocked but fortunately, prepared. I was doing my personal study on the book of Ezekiel. I was provoked to read the book of Ezekiel because of the series of events taking place all over the world. Initially, I was led to chapters 37-39 of Ezekiel, but with everything it is important to have some foundation or solid context in place to get a thorough understanding. The central themes in the book of Ezekiel are: God’s Holiness, Sin, Restoration, Obedience, Worship, Leadership and God’s judgment. In walking with God, it requires obedience and holiness. Having consented to lead this session, I started my research to compile how I would want us to interact and discuss

I know this has been the theme for the Sister 2 Sister ministry for the past couple of weeks. Nonetheless, we will briefly look at 4 individuals who walked with God and we will seek to follow the principles deduced as we aim to walk with God.

ENOCH

We know of Enoch in Genesis 5:21 -24. He lived during a unique time in human history, just before God 's judgment of the world by the flood. Against this very dark backdrop was a man who walked with God and was spared death. Enoch is a prototype of the last-days believer, showing us how to live as we await the Lord 's return. So what set Enoch apart? How was he able to live a godly life in an ungodly world, in a time that was characterized by sexual perversion and uncontrolled violence? We find three important principles at work in Enoch 's life that we can apply in our own lives today.

1. Enoch walked with God: The prophet Amos revealed an important truth about what it means to walk with God when he asked, "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" (Amos 3:3 NKJV). The word he used for "together" gives the idea of two people moving in rhythm together, as in riding a tandem bicycle. But it is not about getting God into rhythm with us; it is getting ourselves into rhythm with Him. That is what it means to walk with

The characteristic of a good man that "his delight is in the law of the Lord, and that he meditates on it day and night" (Psalm 1:2). "Give yourself to the public reading of Scripture," says Paul to Timothy (I Timothy 4:13). "This book of the law," says God to Joshua, "shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it" (Joshua 1:8). “Whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction" (Romans 15:4). The word of God is "profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16). If we ever think we are above our Bibles, we shall soon lie open to all manner of delusion, and be in great danger of making shipwreck of faith and a good conscience. This the apostle calls the "sword of the Spirit" (Ephesians 6:17).
PERSONAL PRAYER & FASTING
Believers keep up their walk with God by private, personal prayer. Prayer is one of the noblest parts of the believer 's spiritual armor. "Pray at all times in the Spirit” (Ephesians 6:18). “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). "Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation" (Matthew 26:41). Prayer brings and keeps God and man together – it raises man up to God, and brings God down to man. Even