Walk ‘with’ vs ‘before’ God

Walk ‘with’ vs ‘before’ God

 Sandy and I used to go to different

area parks to walk.

Those walks were wonderful times.

When we started,

we had to come to some agreement.

We had to agree to walk,

when to walk,

and at what pace.

After we passed those hurdles,

we were able to walk together.

We found that those walks

knitted us together in our purpose,

as we walked and talked about our lives.

When we walk and talk with God,

we become united in our purpose of life.

If you do a concordance search on the words,

walked with God...

You will find that there were only

two people who are mentioned

that walked with God.

Enoch and Noah

They are the only ones recorded

to have walked with God.

We believe Adam and Eve,

walked in the garden with God.

And the disciples walked with Jesus,

as well as some others.

The Bible mentions two who

walked before the Lord.

David and Hezekiah

1 Kings 3:6 AMP

“He (David) walked before You

in faithfulness, righteousness,

 and uprightness of heart with You.”

2 Kings 20:3 NIV

Hezekiah said he,

“walked before You faithfully

and with wholehearted devotion

 and have done what is good in Your eyes."

I do not want to make too much out of this,

but there seems to be a difference between

walking ‘with’ God and walking ‘before’ Him.

When we walk before the Lord,

God has His eyes on us.

Walking before God is a place of proving ourselves;

a place where God can see the way we live.

All of us walk before the Lord

and hopefully our walk is pleasing to Him.

But, there is a walk with the Lord.

When you are walking with someone,

you are in step with them.

When I walk with my wife, I walk slower,

I change my pace in order for us to walk side by side.

Noah was able to walk with God

because his walk was righteous and blameless.

Walking with someone is a sign of friendship.

You walk with someone you want to get to know.

Walking with someone deepens your relationship.

How much time are we

walking before the Lord vs walking with Him?

Is everyday a walk with Him?

Scripture Reading

Genesis 6:9-10 NIV

9 This is the account of Noah.

Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time,

and he walked with God.

10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.