
Walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it
Matt 11:29 Msg
To work with God in our lives, we need to walk with him, and to walk with him, we need to be taking one step at a time.
- If you keep taking next steps, you don’t get spiritually stuck.
- If you keep taking steps, you grow through life instead of just going through life. Bishop and theologian Gregory of Nyssa said, “Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing.”
That means:
- If you keep taking next steps sin cannot ensnare you and you are protecting your spiritual progress.
In Philippians 3:16 (NLT) Paul the Apostle writes,
“But we must hold on to the progress we have already made”.
Our spiritual walk with God is measured by our progress, not by our perfection, so we need to protect our progress by continually taking the next step, not by perfecting a once-off move.
Paul the Apostle writes to the church in Galatia from the NT book of
Galatians 5:25 (NIV)
“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”
If I was to keep in step with the Spirit today, what step could I take?
This is Gods invitation to us personally in our vision, the question:
“What step can I take?”
Whether it’s:
- as you’re about to react to something your spouse said,
- or while facing a familiar temptation,
- or deciding whether to participate in an activity with friends,
- or processing someone’s criticism,
- or choosing whether to give the car guard the ten rand note in your pocket after shopping.
Every day you and I can take one step somewhere in our lives that aligns with God’s Spirit. What I am called to do within God’s purposes in this season of my life is to intentionally keep taking next steps in becoming everything my Lord has for me.
Those daily steps may seem insignificant, silly or small, but
God can do a lot with one small step that others don’t see so don’t stop walking.
My prayer response:
- Share with God your desire to keep in step with the Spirit.
- Confess the areas of your life in which you feel you have been walking in the flesh rather than His Spirit.
- Ask God to help you recognize where in your life you could take a next step today.
- Commit yourself and your day to Gods care as you walk into the new day.
My daily practice:
- Intentionally move through the day seeking the place and space in which you could take a practical next step in alignment with the Spirit.
- At the end of today, make a note describing the step you chose to take. Use the below guide to complete your reflection and pray it back to God in commitment.
Reflection on my step today.
- The step I took today was:
- Taking that step required me intentionally:
- My desire in taking that step in the Spirit is to: