Walking with Jesus

I've often thought about Jesus' disciples who had the privilege of walking
with and talking to Jesus. Oh what an experience that must have been.

There's a song in our church hymnal that says in part, "and He walks with me
and He talks with me." I don't remember all the words readily, but these are
some that come to mind. Now, clearly there's an element of poetic license
here as Jesus certainly doesn't literally walk with us or talk to us.
However, the more we read the words of Jesus the closer to Jesus we get--and
in that sense, He walks and talks to us.

Have you walked with Jesus lately? What have you learned?

1. Maybe you've learned something about prayer. You would, you know. As a
disciple of Jesus there's no better example to go to in order to learn the
how and why of prayer. Remember how the early disciples said, "Lord, teach
us to pray" (Luke 11:1). It's as if they were saying, "Lord, teach us to
pray like you."

2. Perhaps the Lord has given you insight into eternity. There's no place
like home! We often talk about where we're from, what it's like, and what we
enjoy doing at home or in our hometown. Jesus was the same about his home.
He talked about His home (John 14:1-4), and how He wants all to join Him
there one day.

3. No doubt you spent some time learning of His love for you. A family made
up folks that love one another, share that love with their words and action.
Jesus tells us that He wants us to be part of His family. He says He loves
us so much that He wanted to tell us and show us--and, He did by way of the
cross (John 3:16).

I hope you'll spend part of your day with Jesus. I'll let you in on a little
secret. He's already committed to spending His entire day with you.

I hope you have a great day!

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