Your hurt is real; it’s painful. You matter in this sphere and era.
The above is just how Jesus thinks of you.
You will be revealed many more promises when walking with Jesus, who is your true friend and source of strength and endurance amid life’s chaos.
While the world may dismiss your struggles as ordinary, Jesus bears them as weighty and deeply relatable to Himself.
Jesus' Presence is the Holy Moment
In the Bible, we read of the spectacular ways that God shows up.
A burning bush, parting of the sea, and a voice from a cloud.
And since those don’t happen before your morning coffee, you assume you’re missing the Lord’s presence.
But also the life of Jesus in the same Holy Bible reveals that He spent thirty years of His life doing carpentry work.
Ordinary people were walking with Jesus as He proclaimed the word of God.
If Jesus walked on water, then more than that, He walked on dusty roads.
He made breakfast for tired friends on an ordinary beach.
So walking with Jesus daily wouldn’t mean fireworks around you or angels going up and down as Jesus speaks of in John 1:51.
Your moment with Jesus may feel ordinary, but the very presence of Christ makes that moment holy.
Christian theologians have spoken that God is present everywhere and not confined by space and time.
A mystical or dramatic event is not the stage set for God’s presence; He can be experienced in daily, mundane routines.
Also, God is immanent; Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit, the third person in the Holy Trinity, before He ascended into Heaven.
God in the Holy Spirit is present in the physical world and deeply involved in the lives of its creations.
So walking with Jesus is a promise that God is present, accessible, and not distant or detached as a creator.
Now the King of kings, the God of gods, walks with you and breathes with you.
He is holding on to you, living out every day His title as the ‘Good Shepherd.’
The peace, the grace, and the blessing are for each of us to live as a gift; the only task is to go walking with Jesus.
Even after Jesus had ascended into heaven, walking with Jesus was at the core of the earlier apostles, like Peter, when they went around doing Jesus’ will of proclaiming the Gospel to the nations.
Their strength, miracles, and healings were not of their own accord but the presence of the “I Am,” who walked along with them.
This remains at the core of every faithful Christian, even today as we walk with Jesus, daily, every day.
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, (Colossians 2:6)
The holiness is not in the moment, the place, and the spiritual brownies, the holiness is the presence of Jesus in your life.
This holiness is lived out daily in the believer when walking with Jesus.
Jesus, Daily Every Day
Let me be honest: I used to think “walking with Jesus” would mean an hour of Bible study every morning.
I tried, and when I couldn’t do that, I felt guilty. Then I stopped trying.
Then, a Christian blog I read said something that broke me free:
Can you give ‘Jesus’ two minutes?
Two minutes.
My eyes had read these words two times to double-assure myself.
It felt embarrassing that I was asked to spare two minutes of the 1,440 minutes Jesus Christ, the keeper of life, gives me every day.
The blog also said, “Take that small step.” and start your day telling the Lord,
“Good morning, Jesus. I don’t know what today holds.
But I’m walking with You. Hold me as I surrender my whole self to You.”
The above was my small step…
And as days passed, with me using more such varied short prayers, that were honest and full of humility, these ordinary moments with the Lord started to glimmer.
There was a nature within me that seemed to have been suppressed and had now become my regular behavior.
There was a new me…
The long grocery line became a chance to breathe instead of fuming.
The difficult email became an opportunity to pause before replying.
The tired evening would seem a blessed day gone by.
Then the thought of Jesus as He walked with the earlier apostles seemed to be doing the same here even today.
I became a witness of His presence when I was walking with Jesus.
Making the Walk Real and Easy
Let’s make it doable.
Spiritual advice without action is just noise.
“Walking with Jesus,” as a phrase, is a continuous moment, a habit, and for a faithful Christian, a way of life.
Keep it simple and doable.
Doing your home chores and cleaning, speak to Jesus:
I’m doing this for You; we’re going to meet here at prayers, hence the cleaning, in anticipation of our meeting.
Early morning prayers can be as casual as a running thought, as you’re brushing your teeth, silently say,
“Thank you Jesus, for one more day.”
Driving to work? Let the first red light be your pause:
“Lead me today.”
Now unknown to you, your stacking habits of spirituality and closeness to God, like your prayers, have now no fixed time, place, or reason.
They’re happening in your small moments and while walking with Jesus.
Also, the presence of the “Son of God” in your moments is like a daily grace and blessings all dissolved in your living air that you breathe.
Walk the Talk With Jesus
Walking with Jesus is a divine moment that is transforming you.
It is prospering your soul in ways never thought of and always neglected.
You now have a healed mind, body, and soul.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
(Proverbs 13:20)
You’ve been walking with Jesus, the nature of righteousness, forgiveness, and wisdom is your fruit of His companionship.
Live and give freely what you have received for free.
May you be a living testimony of the very presence of Christ, and a food for thought that if Christ dwells in me, He is willing to reside in all of His creation, thus us each.
Let those who doubt Christ see in your behaviour and love the presence of Jesus, manifested as a living God.
Serve the needy as walking with Jesus showed you His compassionate heart aligned to heed the broken and neglected.
Your personal relationship with Jesus has stirred your heart to be like the heart of the great “I Am”, and the beats of your heart are a melody for the angels in heaven as they rejoice in your doing the will of Christ on earth as it is in heaven.
Walking with Jesus is a victory, the moment that is the prize of a life well lived.
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
(1 Peter 5:4)
Everything else is like living in vain, the moments spent with Jesus in your living years is the only treasure with eternal value embedded in your soul to be taken to the after world.
Walking With Jesus: What Has Changed
Before you sleep, replay the day you lived, not to judge but to notice and learn.
Where and when were you in peace—the source was Him.
Where did you fail—surrender and invite Him to repair.
The love of Christ towards me — when somebody had been of help and aid to me.
The self in you realises your own ordinary life as a blessing and an extraordinary story.
Walking with Jesus, your problems will not vanish, but the troubleshooter in you is strengthened with endurance and shielded from hurt.
Walking with Jesus is a daily thing, not a spiritual retreat moment.
Your companion in Jesus fills your mind to speak positive,
You see blessings, where others see them as burdens.
Driving in traffic, you smile, because you have a job.
There’s never a perfect life, but surely there can be a blessed life.
Find Jesus, find life, the phrase should be your life motto, and Walking with Jesus, the seed of your life.
The One, who walked with me had held not just a hand but the entire life.
Trust and hope in Jesus who walks with you, His most loved creation.
