Walk

Galatians 5: 16-25

¹⁶ But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. ¹⁷ For the desires of the flesh a
re against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. ¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. ¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, ²¹ envy,^[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. ²⁴ And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
²⁵ If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

For over a week now I have had the urge to walk. Some days I would fight with the idea. As plain as day I would see the word in my mind and say "nah I am not going to do that today." But the more I wrestled it like a wild Gator, the stronger the urge became. In a matter of minutes I went from no to yes and would be getting up to put my walking gear on. I thought to myself God was finally answering my prayers. Like many others I have prayed about so many things in life. My weight of course being one of them. I prayed for God to give the strength and the want to! I want to be healthy, but the want too and the drive to do it have been minimal.

As I was reading my Bible I began to study verses with the word walk. Galatians chapter 5 really spoke to me, I felt like no one cared and I dealt with what some would call the simplest works of flesh. I didn't take notice until I read this verse. Maybe God wasn't telling me to walk physically but in stead walk through my problems with him. Remembering that the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness. The majority of these were lost recently. I was taking heed to God's word I was trying to do it all on my own. My worries, my stress, and my patience were mine and I would not give them to him.

The funny thing was the physical walk, allowed me to give it to him without even thinking about it. Each day I have walked my thoughts have been focused on each step I take. This may sound gross but I also focused on each drop of sweat that rolled from my brow. Its only been a week of walking. Since Monday I have walked 7.5 miles. That is a lot of sweat, and a lot of steps! With each step I take I feel like I am growing stronger. God is making it easy for me to not look back. Focusing on the road ahead, I feel the closeness of Christ. I know there will be bumps in the road. I know it won't always be easy, but if I continue to WALK in and through Christ I will get through anything.

The most important part is knowing he is always in control.

Thank you Jesus for always being in control. For guiding my ways and for taking a wilted and withered tree and harvesting new fruit. God you are forever faithful and I am in debt and yet so incredibly thankful.

By the way I am 5 pounds lighter today and I am really enjoying the WALK!