Enoch walked with God

I haven't posted anything in a while. I was reading my devotion today in "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers and the devotional sums up everything that has been going on for the last couple of months. Here it is: Enoch walked with God . . . —Genesis 5:24 The true test of a person’s spiritual life and character is not what he does in the extraordinary moments of life, but what he does during the ordinary times when there is nothing tremendous or exciting happening. A person’s worth is revealed in his attitude toward the ordinary things of life when he is not under the spotlight (see John 1:35-37 and John 3:30). It is painful work to get in step with God and to keep pace with Him— it means getting your second wind spiritually. In learning to walk with God, there is always the difficulty of getting into His stride, but once we have done so, the only characteristic that exhibits itself is the very life of God Himself. The individual person is merged into a personal oneness with God, and God’s stride and His power alone are exhibited. It is difficult to get into stride with God, because as soon as we start walking with Him we find that His pace has surpassed us before we have even taken three steps. He has different ways of doing things, and we have to be trained and disciplined in His ways. It was said of Jesus— “He will not fail nor be discouraged . . .” (Isaiah 42:4) because He never worked from His own individual standpoint, but always worked from the standpoint of His Father. And we must learn to do the same. Spiritual truth is learned through the atmosphere that surrounds us, not through intellectual reasoning. It is God’s Spirit that changes the atmosphere of our way of looking at things, and then things begin to be possible which before were impossible. Getting into God’s stride means nothing less than oneness with Him. It takes a long time to get there, but keep at it. Don’t give up because the pain is intense right now— get on with it, and before long you will find that you have a new vision and a new purpose.

Vision

Proverbs 29:18, " Where there is no vision, the people perish". I've just been thinking upon this scripture for my own personal life. God's just been helping me to not pray amiss, but to pray specifically according to the word of God. I know the vision for my life is lining up with God in everything. Sometimes we say that, " I just want to line up with the word of God. Or, " I just want to live right". Well, what does that mean? Do we fully understand what we have to lay down for that vision to come to past. We don't see the sacrifice; even though it would come of a great price it will be worth it all the way. We don't see what we do every day that is hindering us from gaining that vision. We say so easily, "I just want to be like Jesus" We can become religious and dead in those sayings. What does that mean really to be like Jesus. To have the person of Jesus Christ in you living through you. Paul said, ( by the spirit of God), " I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;yet not I, but Christ liveth in me..." What will it take for Christ to live through us? I know it will take a death, a life of self-denial. I know it will take more of what we are giving God. Help us lord