God Speaking

“Then their eyes were opened, and they recognised him, and he disappeared from the room. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?.”

(Luke 24: 31 – 32)

As I have dealt with back problems for years, walking is the best exercise for me, fortunately I love  walking and I live in a beautiful city and my apartment is near the water, and my morning walk takes me down a winding path that ends at the water which has a long pier where I can watch ships floating by, I often walk alone, but I find walking with a friend makes the trip so much more enjoyable. 

I love the story, On The Road To Emmaus, it is found in the gospel of Luke and some of the disciples are sad about Jesus dying on the cross, and as they are discussing this as they walk along the road suddenly Jesus joins them on the walk, They do not recognise him at first but later he reveals himself to them and they believe what he said about Scripture. He had risen from the dead, and they had walked with him! 

When Jesus is telling the disciples in the gospel of John, how much he loves them, he adds a beautiful message to them all that would have touched their hearts, he calls them his friends. 

“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything I learned from the Father I have made known to you” (John 15: 15)

What a wonderful invitation to walk with him, as I said when I walk with a friend the time is so rewarding but with Jesus, as the disciples found out, he will reveal the Scriptures to us how rewarding that will be. 

How do we walk with Jesus spiritually?  

We need to be with him and to listen to what he is saying to us, we do that firstly by reading God’s word, then we can talk to him in prayer. Even if we are walking physically, it is lovely to talk to him as we walk, if we choose a quite path it is rewarding to be surrounded by nature. 

The other benefit of walking with Jesus, is safety, often life can take a nasty turn, and we become bewildered as to what action to take and where to turn for help, Isiah has a wonderful message about this. 

“He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” (Isaiah 2: 3)

Asking Jesus what the best path is to take, will relieve anxiety and the well-known Psalm 23, which David wrote, is a lovely one to read as David was a mighty king, but he knew he still needed to be guided on the right path. 

“He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” (Psalm 23: 3)