"WALK BY FAITH!"

2 Corinthians 5:6-9              (KJV)
"6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we WALK BY FAITH, not by sight:) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him."


Most of my life I have been a busy body, always having something on my agenda to accomplish.  It seems if I didn't have a plan, I would fabricate something to set my dreams and goals in motion to demonstrate how vital my existence was.  I had to be seen as someone who was involved in my world.  I wanted to matter!

The Apostle Paul realized that being part of GOD's plan was all he needed to accomplish with his life.  To him, living in the Spirit was to "WALK BY FAITH"!  Living in the natural (or flesh) was to need for things to be seen, or he said "by sight".

To "WALK BY FAITH" is a good phrase that some of us would say we try to achieve in our lives.  However, to demonstrate a "WALK BY FAITH" mentality is to trust that GOD is in control however rough the seas become, however hot the fire gets in our lives.  To trust that we are walking the path GOD has for us, we have to stay in HIS WORD and before HIS THRONE!  The Spirit of GOD leads us down the path HE needs us to go (Romans 8:8 "So then they that are in the flesh cannot please GOD").

The enemy tries to keep us so busy that we cannot hear the Spirit of GOD speaking to us.  The pace we live our lives can be a direct reflection of whether we "WALK BY FAITH" or we are living at the pace dictated by the enemy and his world.  Although it is contrary to everything the world defines as normal and prudent, it is my desire to "WALK BY FAITH" and let the Spirit of GOD direct the path I take in my life!