For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; Deut 11:22
While conversing with a friend this week, she made a simple, yet profound comment that embodied not only what we were discussing, but it spoke to me on a natural level as well. She said, “Sometimes you just have to just walk it out”; meaning that we simply must go through whatever “it” is, until the end result is received or accomplished. While meditating on the impact of those three words, I began to think of my days of working out with Billy Blanks, Jr. and his wife, Sharon. While preparing for the first workout video, we endured some intense routines, after which Billy would say, “walk it out” before moving on to the next phrase of extreme workout. For me, the pain, which at the time seemed gruesome and unnecessary (needless to say, working out is not my thing), the discomfort, the soreness were so unpleasant that walking it out hardly seemed to be the answer; although the end results we achieved were worth every moment of it all. In comparison and to get back to the spiritual aspect of those three words, it brought to mind that as we are in preparation for the work of the Lord, during the intense pain and even sometimes extreme trials, we have to learn to walk it out until we get to the end results of what God is trying to get us to. Honestly, if we admitted it, our flesh does not do pain well and it does not want to suffer… be it naturally or spiritually. No pain, no gain, right?
It is not God’s desire that we feel or experience pain, but in order to shape us, mold us and prepare us for His glory, we have to understand that we must go through some things and it might be uncomfortable at times. Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings. We must release our control, our ways of thinking, our ways of doing, our ways of operating because the Lord is trying to do a new thing in us. We have to give over to what He is trying to perfect and complete in us and also what He is trying to convey to us. It is a preparation for His glory, for the work He is calling each one of us to do.
I know first hand how rough it may seem sometimes; trials can be fiery hot, but no matter how hard the trials may seem, we have to know that the Lord is with us. He is there even when we might not “feel” as though He is and trust me, it is not about a feeling. We have to know and by faith believe. I thought about one of my favorite scriptures: When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee (Is 43:2). What a scripture for comfort; it’s consoling to read God’s word and His promises in the midst of whatever we are going through. However, we have to know in our hearts that He is yet with us continually. He said He'd never leave us nor forsake us. Stand on that promise.
Verse 23 tells us, then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves after we have kept His commandments, loved Him, walked in His way and we have stayed close to Him faithfully and firmly, without wavering, we stood with Him. Which took me to a New Testament scripture to bring it home, I Peter 5:10, which says, that after we have suffered a while, He’ll make us perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle us. It would stand to reason, with those kinds of promises; we should certainly be able to hold on until our change comes, amen? Until then, continue to walk it out!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
While conversing with a friend this week, she made a simple, yet profound comment that embodied not only what we were discussing, but it spoke to me on a natural level as well. She said, “Sometimes you just have to just walk it out”; meaning that we simply must go through whatever “it” is, until the end result is received or accomplished. While meditating on the impact of those three words, I began to think of my days of working out with Billy Blanks, Jr. and his wife, Sharon. While preparing for the first workout video, we endured some intense routines, after which Billy would say, “walk it out” before moving on to the next phrase of extreme workout. For me, the pain, which at the time seemed gruesome and unnecessary (needless to say, working out is not my thing), the discomfort, the soreness were so unpleasant that walking it out hardly seemed to be the answer; although the end results we achieved were worth every moment of it all. In comparison and to get back to the spiritual aspect of those three words, it brought to mind that as we are in preparation for the work of the Lord, during the intense pain and even sometimes extreme trials, we have to learn to walk it out until we get to the end results of what God is trying to get us to. Honestly, if we admitted it, our flesh does not do pain well and it does not want to suffer… be it naturally or spiritually. No pain, no gain, right?
It is not God’s desire that we feel or experience pain, but in order to shape us, mold us and prepare us for His glory, we have to understand that we must go through some things and it might be uncomfortable at times. Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings. We must release our control, our ways of thinking, our ways of doing, our ways of operating because the Lord is trying to do a new thing in us. We have to give over to what He is trying to perfect and complete in us and also what He is trying to convey to us. It is a preparation for His glory, for the work He is calling each one of us to do.
I know first hand how rough it may seem sometimes; trials can be fiery hot, but no matter how hard the trials may seem, we have to know that the Lord is with us. He is there even when we might not “feel” as though He is and trust me, it is not about a feeling. We have to know and by faith believe. I thought about one of my favorite scriptures: When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee (Is 43:2). What a scripture for comfort; it’s consoling to read God’s word and His promises in the midst of whatever we are going through. However, we have to know in our hearts that He is yet with us continually. He said He'd never leave us nor forsake us. Stand on that promise.
Verse 23 tells us, then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves after we have kept His commandments, loved Him, walked in His way and we have stayed close to Him faithfully and firmly, without wavering, we stood with Him. Which took me to a New Testament scripture to bring it home, I Peter 5:10, which says, that after we have suffered a while, He’ll make us perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle us. It would stand to reason, with those kinds of promises; we should certainly be able to hold on until our change comes, amen? Until then, continue to walk it out!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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