How Do We Walk Powerfully?

God bless you.

How do we walk powerfully?  We do this by maintaining rich fellowship with our heavenly Father.

Mark 12:28-30 

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Maintaining rich fellowship with God is how we walk powerfully.

Psalm 23:1-6

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.– Maintaining rich fellowship with God is how we walk powerfully.

Does anyone remember the story in Greek mythology about the giant Antaeus and Hercules?  Antaeus was a giant. His job was to guard a particular piece of land.  Anyone who wanted to go into this land had to wrestle Antaeus to the death. Anteaeus was undefeated.

When Hercules wrestled Antaeus, he found that every time he threw him down on the ground, Antaeus rose up stronger than before. But when Hercules found out that Gaea, the Earth, was the mother of the giant, and that every time her son fell to the ground, he rose stronger, Hercules changed his tactics.  Hercules lifted Antaeus high in the air from the source of his strength, and he held him there until he died.  Antaeus lost his ability to walk powerfully when he lost connection with his source of strength.

The lesson we can learn from this story is that fellowship with our Father is the key to our strength.  Every time we go to God, we get invigorated, encouraged, edified, and strengthened.  We don’t want to let anything our enemy puts in our path keep us from fellowship with our heavenly Father. 

Psalm 18:1,2

I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Maintaining rich fellowship with God is how we walk powerfully. I love this verse.

Jeremiah 9:24 

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

God wants us to glory in our relationship with Him.  He wants us to know Him personally and intimately.  He wants us to be able to recognize and appreciate His character.  Maintaining rich fellowship with God is how we walk powerfully.

Two ways to maintain rich fellowship with God. 

1. Reading His Word and 

2. Praying.

Reading God’s Word

Psalm 138:2 

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

God magnified His Word above His name (Psalm 138:2). This is where we learn about Him, who He is, and what He does, how much He loves us and cares for us, and all of the promises in His Word that he wants to bless us with, from prosperity and health to peace and wisdom.  All things that pertain to life and godliness are in the Word. 

2 Peter 1:3

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.

God has given us all things for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him. SO anything in your earthly life or spiritual life - God has the answer.

• life (daily living, decisions, relationships, work, family), and

• E. W. Bullinger’s lexicon and concordance “godliness” = “our real, true, vital, and spiritual relation with God….” 

  
  

This is the kind of relationship we want to have with our heavenly Father, and we can build that relationship as we maintain rich fellowship with Him.

Ephesians 3:4 

Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ.

God wants us to read His Word and understand His Word.  This is available – Power For Abundant Living Class, where you can learn how to read the Bible and understand what you read.

Pray

Mark 1:35 – The most spiritually powerful man who has ever walked the Earth Jesus Christ recognized the value of time in prayer with God.

Jesus Christ started his day with prayer and continued in prayer throughout the day. 

He had an abundant prayer life, seeking God, opening his heart to the Father, and keeping God involved in his daily life. 

Like Jesus Christ, we can start each day with prayer, and we can pray throughout the day. 

We run to God first in all situations. 

We never want to run away from God, give Him the silent treatment, or turn to Him as a last resort. 

God always wants us near Him. He is first, and we fully share our thoughts and lives with Him. We go to God in prayer, and we keep Him involved in our lives.

I Corinthians 14:15 – Pray in the spirit – Speak in tongues and pray with our understanding.

Pray in the spirit

Romans 8:26 (KJV)

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Romans 8:26 (AMPC)

“So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words.”

Speak in tongues in your own private prayer life is perfect communication with God.

Have you ever been in a situation in life where you needed help but didn’t even know what to pray for?  When you SIT that’s your holy spirit communicating a perfect prayer to God. Wow!

Pray with our understanding:

Praying with our understanding

Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

We can pray, “God, thank you for …”

How do we walk powerfully? By maintaining rich fellowship with our heavenly Father.

What are two ways to maintain rich fellowship with God? Reading His Word and praying.

This week I encourage you to walk powerfully by maintaining rich fellowship with our heavenly Father!