Walking Before God

It's always been important to me to know that people are praying for me and the work we're doing. In any business, there's lots of intensity. There are challenges. It's very taxing.

But a bottom line can be found is Genesis 17. There, Abraham is 99 years old and God comes to him and says, I'm the Lord God Almighty. Walk before me. Ultimately, God reveals himself to Abraham and gives him this entrepreneurial endeavor. He knows Abraham has faith. But he says two things. 

First, walk before God. The Hebrew text “walk before me” literally means to walk in my face. It's a picture of intimacy that was lost in the garden but that is found in the cross and in Jesus. So in our heart today we have challenges and we are called to work hard. But we're to be intimate with Jesus first. 

And then right on the heels of that is just a brilliant Hebrew word, which means be whole, be integral. So I pray for that in the midst of what I'm doing and what all who are doing the work God has called them to do. 

First and foremost, may we cultivate intimacy with him. And then out of that may we have an interior life with God, and out of that may we have influence.

Tom Nelson

Tom is the president of Made to Flourish, a pastors’ network for the common good. He also serves on the boards of The Gospel Coalition and Trinity International University.

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