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Walking

I love to walk, especially with my husband. We often take advantage of pretty evenings or Sunday afternoons to take walks around our neighborhood to talk, pray, and spend time together. It’s become a sort of mini date—a little break in our busy life of four kids, two dogs, and lots of activity.  

We also walk together in marriage. We’re partners in this life and we walk together through thick and thin. We’ve been on mountaintops and in valleys. We’ve walked through seasons of battles where we were fighting for our kids in prayer as they were going through something or literally fighting with each other to work through an issue.

We’re committed and marriage isn’t always easy, but looking back at the joys and the pain, it’s been a beautiful path of growth and blessing. We’ve been married for 14 years now and have grown in intimacy, love, wisdom, perseverance, discipline, friendship, and selflessness. I adore my husband and wouldn’t want to walk with anyone else.

Marriage is a great metaphor for our walk with Christ. Amos 3:3 asks us, “Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?” When we invite Jesus to walk with us in this life, we become filled with His Holy Spirit and our journey together begins. He’s taking us somewhere and there will always be obstacles to overcome. We experience joy and pain, bondage and freedom, wounds and healing—but we’re on a course to victory.

In the Bible, God uses the language of walking to describe people in relationship with Him. Moses “walked” with God, Enoch “walked” with God, Adam and Eve “walked” with God in the garden, and Jesus’ disciples literally “walked” with Him throughout His earthly ministry. They walked with Jesus through the ups and downs, knowing eternal paradise awaited them in the end.

During this walk, there are obstacles and opposition from a very real enemy who wants to take us down. He’ll stop at nothing to pull us into his evil snares. We see him at play time and time again attempting to bruise the heels of the servants of God and thwart God’s plan. However, just as the people in the Bible prevailed, we will too.

Psalm 119:105 tells us that His word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. Jesus speaks to us through His Word. He knows our pace, our style, and our gait. He knows when we need to speed up or slow down and rest. He always has our best in mind, and as long as our feet stay in step with Him on the path, we’ll reach our destination and avoid unnecessary detours.

The righteous path isn’t easy, but we’re told to keep moving forward with Jesus despite the opposition. Deuteronomy 31:8 tells us that He is with us and will never leave us. He has given us a spacious place of freedom and divine assignments—and He wants to go there with us.

Anyone up for a walk? Let’s get moving.