[blindchristian] Getting into God's Stride, October 12, 2015

  • From: "Victoria E Gilkerson" <vegilkerson@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <blindchristian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <blinddog3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 19:41:52 -0500






Getting Into God's Stride


Enoch walked with God. - Genesis 5:24
<http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=31&search=Genesis+5%3A24>

The test of a man's religious life and character is not what he does in the
exceptional moments of life, but what he does in the ordinary times, when
there is nothing tremendous or exciting on. The worth of a man is revealed
in his attitude to ordinary things when he is not before the footlights (cf.
John 1:36). It is a painful business to get through into the stride of God,
it means getting your second wind spiritually. In learning to walk with God
there is always the difficulty of getting into His stride; but when we have
got into it, the only characteristic that manifests itself is the life of
God. The individual man is lost sight of in his personal union with God, and
the stride and the power of God alone are manifested.

It is difficult to get into stride with God, because when we start walking
with Him we find He has outstripped us before we have taken three steps. He
has different ways of doing things, and we have to be trained and
disciplined into His ways. It was said of Jesus - "He shall not fail nor be
discouraged," because He never worked from His own individual standpoint but
always from the standpoint of His Father, and we have to learn to do the
same. Spiritual truth is learned by atmosphere, not by intellectual
reasoning. God's Spirit alters the atmosphere of our way of looking at
things, and things begin to be possible which never were possible before.
Getting into the stride of God means nothing less than union with Himself.
It takes a long time to get there, but keep at it. Don't give in because the
pain is bad just now, get on with it, and before long you will find you have
a new vision and a new purpose.

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Victoria E Gilkerson



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