★ How To Walk With The LORD!

He who walks in his uprightness fears The LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises HIM,  (Proverbs 14:2).

A man's conduct is a reflection of his attitude toward The LORD. The righteous man is guided by what he knows will please GOD.

His deepest desire is to bring a smile on His heavenly FATHER's face.
His deep desire is to walk closer and closer to his GOD no matter how long he has been walking with The LORD.
His deepest desire is hear the "Well done" from his ABBA FATHER.

The apostle Paul had been walking with The LORD for about 30 years, but he wasn't content with his past. His desire was to walk closer with HIM and to know HIM in a much deeper way, (Philippians 3:7-10).

We cannot walk with GOD and walk in sin, (Proverbs 3:7; 8:13; 14:16; 1 John 1:5-10).
We cannot walk with GOD and walk in pride, (Proverbs 22:4; James 4:6-10).
We cannot walk with GOD and walk with the world,(Proverbs 23:17; James 4:3-4; 1 John 2:15-17).

In Psalm 73 we have recorded for us a man doing just what John warns us against. He looked at the world with envy. He thought he was missing out. He saw the wicked seemingly getting away with so much, and it almost cost him his faith. He almost compromised with the world he envied. It would seem that he might have even tried to get as close to it as he could without crossing the line! But what was the antidote for Asaph?  What is the antidote for us?  Psalm 73:17 tells us that Asaph went into the presence of The LORD. This helps us clean the lenses of our spiritual eyes.

I would suggest that Asaph then began to fear The LORD! Getting into the presence of The LORD helps us to realign our thinking to be in tune with GOD's thoughts. We begin to see things from HIS point of view!

When we begin to fear The LORD, hate what HE hates, and love what HE loves, we realize what Asaph realized in Psalm 73:25-28, that HE is enough, the heart and mind to fill!  But it all begins with whether or not I fear The LORD!

T. P. Hadley