"Walk Before Me, And Be Blameless"

Well here we are together again, and it's my desire to let you know just how much I truly appreciate your weekly visit and comments. I am humbled as well as inspired that we can grow in the Lord together. Thank you so much for listening.

Have you ever been challenged by God Almighty? Did you hear my question... I'm very sorry but, I didn't hear your response. Early Saturday morning, about 4 A.M. I was having my personal time with the Lord and I was studying in Genesis. I could not step away from Gen. 17:1 "Now when Abram was ninety - nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; WALK BEFORE ME, AND BE BLAMELESS".

I started thinking about the word "Blameless" : Guiltless, Clear (Innocence), Faultless, not guilty even inculpable. OK, let's be real, what was that thought that just ran through your mind? I started to examine my own conscience and I fear that I come up short. How do I walk before God blamelessly? I know that this challenge given to Abram is also for us today. We must obey the Lord in every regard because He is God - and that is reason enough for us to obey my colleagues in Christ. We have to be deliberate about the things of God in order to walk before God blamelessly. Now, God is patient with us, He's proven that. He gives us many chances to heed His message, to turn from sin, and to believe Him. Last week I was reminded that one thousand years is like one day to the Lord. His patience does not mean that He is indifferent to how we live, nor does it mean we can continue to ignore His warnings. His patience should make us want to become blameless before Him now.

Another man who God was satisfied with was Noah. In Gen. 6:8-9 "But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. (9) These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God". My colleagues in Christ, has anyone ever said any thing like this about you. Have you ever wondered what people think about you, the Bible describes some of our hero's in the faith. Noah's faithfulness and obedience and Abraham spoke to the Lord and promised to obey and also be faithful. I can list many other believers in the faith who were known by their spiritual reputations.

Noah pleased God, although he was far from perfect. We can follow Noah's example and find "Favor in the eyes of the Lord" in spite of the sin that surrounds us. To say that Noah was righteous and blameless does not mean that he never sinned (the Bible records one of his sins starting at Gen. 9:20). Rather it means that he wholeheartedly loved and obeyed God. Like Noah we live in a world filled with evil. Are we influencing others or being influenced by them?

My colleagues in Christ, to be sinless and perfect ("blameless") will be the ultimate condition of the believer when he or she finally sees Christ face to face. When Christ appears, and we are given our new bodies, we will be like Christ (1 John 3:2). Coming into Christ's presence will be more wonderful than we can ever imagine!

We too are in the last days, much closer to the end than were the original followers of Christ. 2 Peter 3:14 "Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless." We should not become slothful and contented because Christ has not yet returned. Instead, we should live in eager expectation of his coming .What would you like to be doing when Christ returns? That is how you should be living each day.