Thursday, October 2, 2014

OT DAY 25 - Take A Daily Walk with God (請按此處收聼廣東話Cantonese podcast click here)

Today's Reading: Genesis 5:21-32

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Bible Study

     Last passage stresses on that three words "then he died", reminding us that no matter how successful you are, you die sooner or later. Here in this passage, we have Enoch did not need to die. There are only two people in the whole Bible who did not need to die but being taken away by God. The other one is Elijah. How so? 

Let's take a look at what Professor John Goldingay says (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goldingay) :
    
     In that solemn sequence of refrains, "then he died," the one exception is Enoch.  Enoch lived a short life, a mere 365 years; he was cut off in his prime.  Yet the number suggests he lived a full life.  Furthermore, throughout that life he walked about with God.  The verb form used suggests walking about rather than walking from A to B, and it is the same form that was used of God walking about in the garden 
     Enoch walked about with God, which suggests something more like friendship.  It is as if the relationship that was spoiled in the garden, so that God and Adam could no longer go out for a walk, is marvellously renewed.  God and Enoch go out for a walk. 

John Goldingay. Genesis for Everyone. Louisville,KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010, p.88.



      Do you know how important it is for you to be able to take a daily walk with God? What do you think this "daily" means?  

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

Spiritual Journal

    The title I heard from Jesus today is: Take a daily walk with God

    The message I receive from Jesus today is a confirmation of His call to me early in July 2009 to help more people to have a daily walk with God. For those who have been using my blogs and podcasts to have a daily walk with God, I have seen lots of changes of their character and renewal of their lives, of course including me.

    I have now people from 113 countries used or using those blogs/podcasts and nearly a million visits. Some of our leaders believe in what I have been doing to be a discipler helping one to two people weekly to have daily devotion using my blogs/podcasts having wonderful fruit. One of the fruits is from Greg Mow's discipling group. He started to have a weekly gathering with two men a few months ago using my blog. One of those brothers is Andy Ng(Andy Witrisna). Andy called me in a very joyful mood last Saturday telling me that he wrote an application so that those who are using Android can have just one click in their cel. phone and can go to my daily podcast, also any of the four podcasts the previous four days. You can see on your cel. five daily podcasts in just one click. Wow! I am so thankful and joyful that God is using Andy in helping more people to be able to use my podcasts in a better way, a daily walk with God. 

    Not like Enoch and Elijah, we all have to die. But, for those having a daily walk with God, we really don't die because the daily walk will keep on even though we die, right?

    Here is the link to the app. Andy wrote. You really need to use that if you have an Android cel. Andy said he is going to do the App. for iPhone later:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideal.rec.app

    If you want to live joyful each day forever and do not have to die even you have to die, take a daily walk with God!
    
Dear Lord Jesus,
Lead us to have a daily walk with you so that even we have to die, we won't die but eternally having a daily walk with you.  In Jesus name we pray. Amen.


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