Walk Before Me

Posted by Thulung on December 19, 2008

Genesis chapter 17 verse 1, is a simple but powerful verse. In Genesis Chapter 17, the Lord God Almight appeared unto Abram, later named Abraham. We read, “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.”  What was the Lord saying to Abram? God was simply saying Abram, walk before me, and be thou perfect, the word perfect her can be translated to: honest, sincere, true, genuine, simple and pure. God was saying to Abram that not to be deceitful, but honest and sincere and of simple and pure heart.
What about you and me today, we call ourselves Christian, are we walking before God, that is what God wants us to do, is to walk before and in His presence and with true and honest heart and life, so others might see that God is living in and thorough our manner of life. God had to prepare Abram with this words for the days to come in Abram’s life, God was going to bless Abram out of heaven with multitude of blessings. Otherwise, when he gets the blessing he would lift himself up in pride and forget God.
Likewise, dear ones, God wants to bless us with spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus, but first he commands us to walk before him and to be of perfect heart and mind in our manner of life.