One morning I was sitting in my living room on a Sunday morning. My family vehicle was in the shop in the next town over. Our church service is at 11am. My family and I go to a wonderful church, Jenkins Memorial Church. I decided for some reason to walk to pick up my vehicle. I looked on the Internet and it would be a 6.7 mile walk. I could have called a friend, I could have called a cab. For some reason I wanted to walk. I am 48 years old, I also weigh 280 pounds. None the less I got dressed in some comfortable clothes and out the door I went. As I was walking down my driveway I told the LORD I was going to enjoy his creations while on this walk. BEFORE I hit the end of the driveway I PRAYED that the LORD give me the will and the strength to make this walk so that I could enjoy his creations. What made me think I could walk nearly 7 miles. 1 or 2 miles maybe! The short answer is FAITH. Ask the Lord and believe he will deliver! I started out, at a brisk pace (remember this last statement), I was doing what I said I was going to do. I was enjoying the sky, the clouds. As I walked down the road I was enjoying the trees, the woods, the animals. In the age of cell phones, I had mine with me, my wife called and asked me where I was at. When I told her she couldn’t believe it. At this point I was about 2-3 miles away walking thru communities enjoying the houses, yards and animals looking and barking at me. My wife thought I was crazy and I wasn’t even half way there. Shortly after this I had some doubts trying to creep in. What am I doing? Do I have time to make this long walk and get back to get my family and I ready for church? About a millisecond later those thoughts were washed away with the thought that if I ask God for something and then doubt him, thats not good. I put my head down and continued on. I noticed so many things, places etc in my neigborhood along the way that I never knew was there. I got within 1 mile of where I was going and I knew that God had been with me. (Remember the statement I told you to remember). I was ending this walk with the same brisk pace I started out with. Now let me throw a few facts in here. 6.7 miles, 48 years old, 280 pounds, same brisk pace, longest walk before this was 5 miles in the boyscouts 35+ years ago and that was tough then, no pain during walk OR the following days afterwards, my left ankle swells just during a normal day … no swelling of ankle.
When you ask for something from God, have FAITH that he will provide. Although this is a story of a walk and not one of miraculous healing or of saving a soul it is a prime example of FAITH and the fact that your GOD hears you.
God was behind me, gently pushing me down the road like a tailwind pushes a plane thru the sky!
Hello this is something so powerful. It also is symbolic to the real walk with Christ. I would love to use this for the book that will contribute to our churches building fund. It would be used on the cover in very small print and posted in the front in the pre introduction. I will use it as an example for now for the proposal to the pastor and if used I will give credit to the person that has written it.
I am sorry I just now noticed the response. You have permission to use this.
Dear brother. Well God bless you. Congratualations on your walk. Your testimony really blessed me. I believe God with my whole heart. I really do. I am not afraid of Satan or what he thinks that he can do to me. I can do all things through Christ that stregthens me. I have been reading Max Luciano he wrote a book entitled, ” 3:16″. He talks about John 3:16 and how that verse is all that a believer needs to make it in this christian walk. I haven’t finished the book yet but he talks about how he spent time in South America. There is a city there that has a huge statue of Jesus. I think its south America I could be wrong. But anyways he talks about how he is directionally challenged and how whenever he gets lost in that city how he just looks up to that statue and he finds his way. Just thought that I’d share that with you. Our God dose listen to us and I am going to ask him questions about my life more. I really just want to do his will and I want my heart to be pure. I’m looking forward to the blessing that he has in store for me. God bless you sir.