Look up and walk!
Verse for Today: Thursday, January 24, 2013
Psalms 78:14 – He guided them
with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.
God expects His children to walk
by looking up and not by looking ahead or around. They do not need to look
ahead or around because it might distract. But looking up will enable them to take
one step at a time by faith. In order to look up and walk, their heads have to
be lifted up to heaven and they must look up to the sky to see the light and
the guidance in the cloud. God wants His children not to be lured by the many
distractions planted by the enemy all around them. If they look up and walk, it
would not be possible for them to walk faster than the clouds and the light. It
is not our ability to look that guides us, but the faith in the provider of
these lights and clouds. We do not need to know the way or the direction, but
when we put our trust in God, He will show the way and the direction. As we
look up and walk, we will find that we reach our destination according to the
travel plan designed by our Lord. During the day, there are many clouds in the
sky, but there is a particular cloud pillar which is God-ordained. We should
have the faith to see only that which is the Lord’s instrument for us to see
and walk. There are many stars and other heavenly bodies in the sky in the
night, but God wants us to see that which is designed and directed by our Lord
especially for us. He will make us recognize the guiding posts if we seek His
ways and dwell in His presence. Today God guides us through His Word and His
Spirit to take steps of faith in our sojourn. It is His walk with us and our
walk with Him simultaneously on His pathway at His pace as He holds our hands.
Dear friend, are you lifting up
your head and looking at the guiding clouds and lights as you walk with the Lord
today? If you walk by sight, you cannot take steps in dim, blurred and dark
situations. But if you walk by faith, you can walk irrespective of the darkness
around you. But if you walk by sight, there is no guarantee that your judgment
about the way is right. Such walk might take you to destinations chosen on the
basis of prudence, intelligence and assumptions. Our human instinct is to walk
by sight with human confidence and calculations for worldly gain. Balaam,
Gehazi, Demas, Aachen and Judas Iscariot walked by sight and reached the filthy
lucre of this world. When Peter took his eyes off Jesus ad looked at the waves,
he lost his way forward. When Jacob focused on his smart schemes to the
promises of God, he faltered and suffered immensely. King Saul tried the path
of sight and lost his crown, throne and life. Lot walked by sight and chose the
best land and ended up in sad predicaments. Solomon went the wrong way and had
to pay a heavy price in life and in his generations. On the other hand, God’s
servants like Nehemiah, Daniel, Paul and others walked solely by faith and
completed their course with credibility. Today we are warned not to take our
eyes off Jesus and His Word. We are to heed to the instructions of the Spirit of
God who speaks to us through His Word and our conscience. God is with us day
and night to guide us through His pillars of fire and cloud to see to it that
we do not lose track. He is committed to guide us a step at a time. We are
expected to keep looking up and walk by faith a step at a time.
Psalms 32:8 – I will instruct
you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over
you.
Thought for Today
Looking up and walking is a buffer against looking ahead in our own
ability and wisdom and lose track.
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