"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
- Amos 3:3

One minute he's walking ahead of me...

...the next minute he's lagging behind. :o)

Jacob learned to walk several months ago.  He has now learned to run. :o)

Paula and I took to him to the mall over the weekend to pick up a few items and it was there that I noticed...

...one minute he's walking ahead of me, and the next minute he's lagging behind me.

When we are in public, naturally, we hold Jacob's hand as he walks.  Much of the time he was walking out ahead of us, trying to pull us up to the speed he was traveling.

And other times, he began to drag his feet and we'd have to kind of coerce him into walking a little faster. Sometimes we'd even have to pick him up and almost pull him along.

But, then there were those harmonious times.  Those times when Jacob was in step with us.  Those times when he walked at the right pace.  Those times when we walked together, not one in front or behind the other, but times when we walked side by side.

You know, I have found that, as Christians, we do very much the same thing with our Father in Heaven.

Yep, there are those times when we run out ahead of Him.  We get impatient waiting on Him to do what we think He ought to do, so we try to kind of pull Him along by getting ahead of His plans.  We try to do something that He hasn't fully prepared us to do, or we try to walk through a door that He is in the process of closing because it's not for us.

And there are those times when we drag our spiritual feet.  Those times when He wants us to do something and we just aren't ready to do it.   There are times, if we're not real careful, that He has a plan and a purpose for us to fulfill, and we're so busy doing our own thing, wrapped up in our own agenda, that we fail to walk in pace with Him.

But, oh how sweet are those times when we walk in harmony with Him!  Those times when we are in step with everything He has for us.  Those times when we walk together with Him, not ahead of Him or behind Him, but times when we walk side by side.

Even hand in hand.

Where are you at today, Christian?  See, here's the truth of the matter.  There are three options...

You are walking ahead of Him.
You are walking behind Him.
You are walking side by side with Him.

How will you walk with the Savior today?

Have a "Wonderful DAY in Christ,"
Jimmy D. Brown
\o/ Praise Jesus!