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Walk Away; Walk Alone

In Scripture, we discover the trend of God calling people to walk along with Him in a path of separation and solitude. Abraham left his birthplace to go to the place of promise that the Lord would eventually show him. Joseph was separated from his family and dispatched to Egypt to be a slave and a prisoner before he would eventually become the Prime Minister. Moses was redirected to the wilderness where he would dwell for forty long years before God would commission him to lead the Israelites out of slavery. Daniel was taken as a captive to Babylon where he was promoted to the ruler of the province. You get the picture!

You have to be willing to walk alone, away from the familiar paths, and follow where God leads you, which may mean walking the road not taken. If you have critics, cynics, and commentators opposing you and condemning you, it, more often than not, is a sign that you are treading the path of purpose.

Nehemiah forsook the comforts of the palace and chose the ruins of Jerusalem. Walking in solitude with God helps you to grow into the person God intends you to be. You develop character, temperament and faith. It is also a phase of unlearning. You cannot walk into a God-ordained tomorrow with yesterday’s mindset. Critically, this alone time is a period of dismantling any other source of dependence other than God. ‘Only God’ becomes your operating principle.

The journey also involves an internal walking away from people, circumstances, and habits that distract you from your purpose. You cannot hang on to old perspectives, irrelevant beliefs, and redundant mindsets and expect new breakthroughs.

Walking by faith and walking by sight are mutually exclusive. The former is based on complete dependence on God while the latter is based on self-dependence. Walking alone is indeed a walk of faith – a walk of letting go. God calls us to give over control to Him. That is how you create an impact!

Father, help us to walk by faith and not by sight, and to trust You with the route map and the destination. Amen