Later on in life, the child develops and maintains a unique way of taking ‘steps’ and almost can be identified from afar from the mere appearance of his or her walk. Though these ‘steps’ may seem ordinary at times, but the world uses it as one of the factors to form an impression about that person, at first sight.
On the other hand, for a child of God, ‘taking steps’ refer to his or her “walk with God”. It also determines how God sees him or her. It determines the level of closeness the person has with God. But, compared to man, God does not focus on the outside, but he is intuitively interested in what goes on in the inside of the person.
Ps 37:23 says “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way”. The word ‘steps’ here refers to our walk with God.
Again in Job 29:6 it says”when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil”. Let me break this up a little bit:
• ’Butter’ is the wealth [rich, creamy, thick and fatty part] of milk. (Read Prov. 30:33a)
• Milk is God’s word. (1 Pt. 2:2)
• The ’rock’ refers to Christ our Lord. (Ps. 18:2)
• The ’rivers of oil’ refer to unlimited anointing God gives.
In other words, from Job 29:6; when we allow the wealth of God’s word to begin to influence our walk with God, the Rock [Jesus Christ], begins to release His abundant anointing through us to influence others, for the promotion of His Kingdom.
Our Feet are the lowest part of the body, but this is the part which comes in close contact with the earth the most. In bible times the feet used to get soiled more often than in today’s modern world, since in those days they only had sandals and not the type of closed shoes which we have now. Jesus was keenly interested in washing this part of our body, which came in contact with the world. The ‘Word made flesh’ washed our feet, cleansing our walk with Him.
Washing our feet is what we do on a daily basis and that’s exactly how God intends us to treat our relation with Him; cleansed from the filth of the world and renewed on a daily basis, and so that we in turn impact our world with the fresh fragrance of Heaven. Isaiah 52:7 ascribes beauty to our feet which are shod with the gospel of peace “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!”.
It is vitally important for every one of us to stand up and genuinely display what God has done in our lives and spread the fresh fragrance of our walk with Him. Let our walk be adorned with the gospel of peace and drip in the abundance of His precious anointing. For God’s promise is that “every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it...” (Joshua 1:3).
Blessings,
Thomas Mathew
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Is your walk drenched in cream?
A crucial part of a child’s growth, after the crawling stage, is learning how to take the first steps in life. I am personally witnessing that with my nine month old son Isaac with his efforts to stand erect with some support nowadays. Some small in-house slips and falls I’m told are part of the learning process. But, this stage will soon pass after he perfects the art of walking with a whole lot of excitement from me as his father.
Later on in life, the child develops and maintains a unique way of taking ‘steps’ and almost can be identified from afar from the mere appearance of his or her walk. Though these ‘steps’ may seem ordinary at times, but the world uses it as one of the factors to form an impression about that person, at first sight.
On the other hand, for a child of God, ‘taking steps’ refer to his or her “walk with God”. It also determines how God sees him or her. It determines the level of closeness the person has with God. But, compared to man, God does not focus on the outside, but he is intuitively interested in what goes on in the inside of the person.
Ps 37:23 says “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way”. The word ‘steps’ here refers to our walk with God.
Again in Job 29:6 it says”when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil”. Let me break this up a little bit:
• ’Butter’ is the wealth [rich, creamy, thick and fatty part] of milk. (Read Prov. 30:33a)
• Milk is God’s word. (1 Pt. 2:2)
• The ’rock’ refers to Christ our Lord. (Ps. 18:2)
• The ’rivers of oil’ refer to unlimited anointing God gives.
In other words, from Job 29:6; when we allow the wealth of God’s word to begin to influence our walk with God, the Rock [Jesus Christ], begins to release His abundant anointing through us to influence others, for the promotion of His Kingdom.
Our Feet are the lowest part of the body, but this is the part which comes in close contact with the earth the most. In bible times the feet used to get soiled more often than in today’s modern world, since in those days they only had sandals and not the type of closed shoes which we have now. Jesus was keenly interested in washing this part of our body, which came in contact with the world. The ‘Word made flesh’ washed our feet, cleansing our walk with Him.
Washing our feet is what we do on a daily basis and that’s exactly how God intends us to treat our relation with Him; cleansed from the filth of the world and renewed on a daily basis, and so that we in turn impact our world with the fresh fragrance of Heaven. Isaiah 52:7 ascribes beauty to our feet which are shod with the gospel of peace “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!”.
It is vitally important for every one of us to stand up and genuinely display what God has done in our lives and spread the fresh fragrance of our walk with Him. Let our walk be adorned with the gospel of peace and drip in the abundance of His precious anointing. For God’s promise is that “every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it...” (Joshua 1:3).
Blessings,
Thomas Mathew
Later on in life, the child develops and maintains a unique way of taking ‘steps’ and almost can be identified from afar from the mere appearance of his or her walk. Though these ‘steps’ may seem ordinary at times, but the world uses it as one of the factors to form an impression about that person, at first sight.
On the other hand, for a child of God, ‘taking steps’ refer to his or her “walk with God”. It also determines how God sees him or her. It determines the level of closeness the person has with God. But, compared to man, God does not focus on the outside, but he is intuitively interested in what goes on in the inside of the person.
Ps 37:23 says “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way”. The word ‘steps’ here refers to our walk with God.
Again in Job 29:6 it says”when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil”. Let me break this up a little bit:
• ’Butter’ is the wealth [rich, creamy, thick and fatty part] of milk. (Read Prov. 30:33a)
• Milk is God’s word. (1 Pt. 2:2)
• The ’rock’ refers to Christ our Lord. (Ps. 18:2)
• The ’rivers of oil’ refer to unlimited anointing God gives.
In other words, from Job 29:6; when we allow the wealth of God’s word to begin to influence our walk with God, the Rock [Jesus Christ], begins to release His abundant anointing through us to influence others, for the promotion of His Kingdom.
Our Feet are the lowest part of the body, but this is the part which comes in close contact with the earth the most. In bible times the feet used to get soiled more often than in today’s modern world, since in those days they only had sandals and not the type of closed shoes which we have now. Jesus was keenly interested in washing this part of our body, which came in contact with the world. The ‘Word made flesh’ washed our feet, cleansing our walk with Him.
Washing our feet is what we do on a daily basis and that’s exactly how God intends us to treat our relation with Him; cleansed from the filth of the world and renewed on a daily basis, and so that we in turn impact our world with the fresh fragrance of Heaven. Isaiah 52:7 ascribes beauty to our feet which are shod with the gospel of peace “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!”.
It is vitally important for every one of us to stand up and genuinely display what God has done in our lives and spread the fresh fragrance of our walk with Him. Let our walk be adorned with the gospel of peace and drip in the abundance of His precious anointing. For God’s promise is that “every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it...” (Joshua 1:3).
Blessings,
Thomas Mathew
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