God Walking

A few weeks ago, I took my 1 year old Lab Lily on a walk. It had been a while since we had walked and it started out challenging. She wanted to go full speed at first, from the beginning, I had to hold her leash at a close distance and keep it taut. She was jumping around, not paying attention, losing focus and I had to keep calling her name, tugging on her collar and even give her a kick on her butt at one point.

As we continued to walk around the neighborhood, she gradually got back into our routine. It's not like she doesn't know how it is supposed to be done, she just had to test the waters and see how far she could go without being brought back in line. She wanted to do it her way, but I wanted it my way, because I knew the dangers of letting her just do it on her own. I was there to guide her and show her how it is done. Little by little, she submitted, and then we were walking side by side, enjoying our surroundings and being comforted that we can do this together as long as we work together.

Which, makes me think of our walk with God. There are so many times that we let our schedules and busyness keep us from walking with Him. We let the pressures of life, our tiredness and quite honestly pure laziness from spending time in the arms of our Savior. We think we can do it our way and on our own. We know what we're doing, but do we? When we finally realize we can't do it all on our own, we know we need God, and then we have an akward time of getting back in the routine.

So, we decide to make a decision, today, I am going to spend more time with him. I am not going to go at this alone anymore, but when we sit down to do it, our minds are jumping all over, we can't settle our bodies down to focus, we want to hear God calling our name, but we just won't sit long enough to really listen. Sometimes it takes a swift kick in the butt to get back on track!

And that is exactly what God does. He will continue to gently call our names and urge us to come back to Him. We just have to be willing to let Him in. When we finally submit to His calling, what a difference it makes! We can enjoy our surroundings, the situations we are in, the circumstances we face, because we know that we have the comfort and security of the One who knows us and loves us no matter what and will guide us every step of the way. Walking right next to our side, and guiding us all the way home! He will meet us right where we are at any given moment, He just wants us to seek Him. May today be the day you submit to His voice and let Him guide you.

Blessings,
Terri

"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." Psalm 51:10