WALK THIS WAY

 Greetings and Salutations  O Ye Walkers

Back in the 1940's on the radio...there was a contest called THE WALKING MAN.  People were encouraged to listen to the clues given each week and try to guess who was the mysterious WALKING MAN.  They would hear the footsteps and given a verbal clue and they could write in with their guess.  Big prizes were to be won.  Finally, after weeks of walking sounds and clues...the WALKING MAN was revealed. The WALKING MAN was...wait for it...building up the suspense...MR...JACK BENNY.

In our first picture...the WALKING MAN...is none other than MR....wait for it...building up the suspense...BABA...BRUCE COBLE.  He is walking trails in Mbita Kenya...but really...he is walking...the ROADS OF FAITH.  In the picture he is following another man down the road...but in reality...he is following and WALKING BY FAITH...WITH GOD as GOD WALKS with Him. This would also be called a KINGDOM WALK.


The word KINGDOM has it's roots in a WALK.  The word KINGDOM in the Greek language is BASILEIA (bas-il-i-ah) which means royalty, rule, a REALM.  This is from the word BASILEUS (bas-il-yooce) which means a FOUNDATION of POWER, a sovereign...a king. These are rooted in the word BASIS (bas-ece) which means a WALK...a PACE, the FOOT.  In karate...before you can ever have good technique you must have a good FOUNDATION. So it is with the KINGDOM OF GOD... a kingdom of (1) righteousness (2) peace (3) joy...in the Holy Ghost (Romans 14:17)  The FOUNDATION of our KINGDOM WALK is our relationship with the FATHER which we enter in through our relationship with JESUS the CHRIST (the ANOINTED ONE)...by the power (dunamis...dynamic ability) of the HOLY SPIRIT.  NOTE:  The second picture is a bridge built with the structure that we taught in when we first went to S.E.E.K. (with Don and Nancy Richards) in Mbita Kenya.  The termites got a hold of the structure...and what was left was made into this bridge...a pathway to WALK on to navigate around the compound.                                                                                                                                   


NOTE:  The third photo me WALKING with a WALKING STICK with some of the MASIA tribe in Kenya.  There was a RHYTHM to the walk.  We are called to walk to a beat of a DIFFERENT DRUM in the KINGDOM OF GOD...to the HEARTBEAT of God Himself. 

We can see examples of this WALK in people like Enoch (Genesis 5:22-24; Hebrews 11:5-6) This was a God pleasing faith walk that resulted in God taking him.  Noah was a righteous man , blameless in his time who walked with God (Genesis 6:9) whose walk opened the door to the boat ride of his life...and an example of the ARK OF SALVATION (I Peter 3:20)  Abraham...the Father of Faith...WALK with God...and walked into a COVENANT that would lead to JESUS...the ULTIMATE BLOOD COVENANT for us to begin our WALK WITH GOD.  Yes...like us having the same NATURE as Elijah (James 5:17)...we also have a WALK WITH GOD like so many other saints in the Word.  We are called to WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT (II Corinthians 5:7)

The nature of this walk...is found in the word KINGDOM...where we see that it is (1) a foundation of dynamic ability (2) it is in a realm of rule (3) it is under the orders of a King (4) it is a pace where we place our feet one in front of another...leading us on a journey into a PROMISED LAND.  This WALK  is more than just a passing fancy a the world passes us by...but it is a LIFESTYLE as we LIVE by FAITH (Romans 1:17) 

It is a walk that we can use when sinners entice us.  "My son, if sinners entice you...DO NOT CONSENT...my son...DO NOT WALK IN THE WAY with them.  KEEP YOUR FEET...from their PATH." (Pro-Verbs 1:10; Pro-Verbs 1:15)  It is a walk...that if you don't forget the Father's teachings and commandments that He will make your PATHS STRAIGHT (Pro-Verbs 3:1-8)  It is a PATHWAY for the WALK...that will be LIT BY THE WORD...with a LAMP for your FEET (Psalm 119:105)

FINAL THOUGHTS...FINALLY

Between the point of when you start this walk...until He returns back for us...sometimes...we get WEARY (or at least I know that I do).  He promises us...that in this place of weariness, tiredness, stumbling...we have a promise of strength, increased power, gaining of new strength, mounting up to fly like the eagle...running and not growing tired...and WALKING and not becoming weary.  So if you are in a WEARY WALK...take courage with the WORD (W.W.W.)

"He gives STRENGTH to the weary and to him who lacks might He INCREASES POWER.  Though youths grow weary and tired and vigorous young men stumble badly...YET...those who WAIT FOR THE LORD...will GAIN NEW STRENGTH....they will MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES...they will RUN AND NOT GET TIRED (grow weary)...they will WALK...and not FAINT (become weary)." (Isaiah 40:29-31)

NOTE:  Back in THE DAY (days of the Jesus Movement...in the late 60's and early 70's) we would sing this verse...and the hook was..."teach me Lord...teach me Lord...to wait."  NOTE TO THE NOTE:  He is STILL MOVING TODAY.

Love and Walking By Faith Kisses
Rodney "Keep On Walking" Boyd