Walking with God
It must have been quite an intimate thing that Adam and Eve shared with God and each other. Reading the early verses of Genesis 3 leaves me with the impression that God often walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden during the cool part of the day. What an intimate sharing together with each other and God. I wonder to myself what they talked about, what joys they shared, what they anticipated. It must have been an intimate fellowship they shared with God and each other. They walked with God. They walked with each other. They enjoyed fellowship with God and each other.
Throughout the Bible, 'walking together' signifies more than mere travel companionship. It's about having a shared agreement, a fellowship. The prophet poses a rhetorical question: ‘Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?' (Amos 3:3). They embark on the journey together because they share an agreement, a fellowship, a sense of unity.
We share intimately in so much from our Savior. We share in the gift of the Holy Spirit. We share in the death and resurrection of Jesus. We share in access to the Father. We share in gifts that come from his heavenly throne. We share in so much and so intimately.
We are called, then, to walk with him in the light, to live in fellowship with him. But how do we do that when we’re sinful? How do we walk with him and with each other when so much sin exists in us and among us? How do we walk with him in such a close fellowship?
Walk in the light. That is John’s encouragement. This Sunday, we’ll continue our study of 1 John by looking at 1 John 1:5 - 2:2.
See you Sunday!
Pastor Nate
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