NOAH WALKED WITH GOD

 

EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

SEPTEMBER 12

 

Genesis 6:9

… Noah walked with God.

 
He was reconciled to God.
 
He was intimate with God.
 
He listened to the voice of God.
 
He chose the way of God.
 
He drank into the spirit, and approved of the designs of God.
 
His God was his FRIEND, with him he could converse, to him he could look for counsel, from him he often received favours.
 
His God was his COMPANION, he walked with him realizing that he was near, loving his presence, and improving by his society.
 
He did not sit with the Lord on his throne: nor stand with him in his sanctuary: but he walked with him in his way.
 
He made progress.
 
He was diligent, as well as devout.
 
The presence of God was his happiness, he security, and his honour.
 
This privilege may be ours.
 
It is, if we are really believers in the Lord Jesus.
 
Our God is with us.
 
He is with us as our Father, our Friend, our Companion.
 
We walk with him.
 
We converse with him.
 
Believed, do you walk with God?
 
Have you been walking with God to-day?
 
Does the thought of God’s presence with you give you joy?
 
Does it soothe, and animate, and sanctify your spirit?
 
Retire to rest rejoicing in the fact, God is with me, as my Father and my Guard.
 

I walk with God—though Lord of all,

My nearest friend he is,

On him I lean, and cast my cares:

Oh what a friendship this!

 
James Smith