I'm a Walker. A Walker is one in body directed by spirit. Why the word, Walker. Since it was given to me by the Lord, I suppose he (no gender implied) could tell you. What he's shared with me is that it is a word that best describes how I make my journey through this world.........I walk the loving way. It's how I behave/what I do. You see, what I think and what I feel is not necessarily what I do. Of course, should you act out what you feel or think then you do follow your human nature, or self. A Walker learns not to act out what s/he feels or thinks. That is what I mean by being " directed by spirit ".
Why did I take computer classes and start a blog. To share with you what I've learned from the Lord. Did I want to do this .......no. Why......because I had no need or motivation to do it. I was living comfortably in my rural home in Tennessee in pretty much the peace and contentment that a spirit led life comes to be. I was living the state of being that everyone strives for......via a religion, a career, an achievement, a possession(s),a spouse or companion, etc. What would a person need or be motivated by - to go public! Perhaps........fame or wealth or legacy. None of these needs have I. So there was no motivation to share with people I couldn't speak to directly. Besides does fame, wealth, and legacy bring just good stuff.....obviously not. Fame comes with a loss of privacy, unsolicited attention or harassment, open season for ridicule, rejection and bizarre expectations. Wealth comes with unwanted requests, entrapment, lawsuits and more expectation. It especially leads to greater possessions by which you become a slave to their maintenance, protection and disposition. As regards legacy...........who among us is remembered beyond a generation or two. And who after us really cares......a handful perhaps, in billions and billions of lives that have come and gone.
I brought these issues to the Lord when He began to compel me to go public. It' not that I wasn't sharing with others, I was. But I did so in private/confidential......if you welcome such a conversation kind of circumstance. My focus for the past 28 years was to live the loving way, not to preach it, write about it or persuade others in order to build a following or converts.
So here I am. You may post (do you like that, computer literate..ha) anything you like.....a question, a comment, whatever and I will do my best to respond. You will probably find me quite different. As often, I hear from folks responses such as........"I never heard that before"........."Where did you read that?"......"You should write a book".
Let me give you a taste. There's a story in the bible about Jesus and the last supper that he conducted hours before he was to be arrested. There's a statement by one of his disciples that Jesus spoke about a traitor among them who will betray him by informing the Jewish authorities as to where he will be so they can capture him and bring him before the Jewish council to answer for his blasphemous teachings. This apparent traitor, namely, Judas did his deed then later killed himself. But another disciple states that others killed him. Still others, the majority, don't say anything about this apparent exchange at the Last Supper or the happenings afterward, except to affirm that indeed in the garden of Gethsemane he in fact was accosted.
Judas was Jesus' most trusted and heartfelt friend among all the disciples. That bred some jealousies. Have you ever been among a group of people who admired a leader in the group and that leader seemed to express more affection or attention to a member of that group more than you...........what we all understand...and refer to as ...the teacher's pet........favored daughter......the Smothers Brothers infamous line-"Mom liked you best". Of course. No different for the disciples. Do you think that Jesus would bring up the subject of a traitor among them when he's having his last meal with the folks who are going to carry on what he taught them. Teachings that are going to lead to his suffering and death within less than a day!!!!!!!! And is it in the behavior of one who came across many "sinners" who he so gently forgave and accepted afterward? What importance would such a subject have at that moment? Was Jesus in hiding? The Jewish authorities couldn't track him down? He didn't ride on a donkey into the city of Jerusalem for all to see! He wanted to bring up a subject that would introduce suspicion, distrust and animosity among his disciples. That's the atmosphere he wanted to create in his last hours with them. That was an issue with him? He didn't know that his time was running out? He didn't know that the Jewish authorities were upset, disturbed and furious with what he was telling people and working miracles among them?
Walkers are compelled to do .........not what they think or feel but what spirit leads them to do..........Judas did what Jesus asked him to do. And he did it with a most grievous heart. When he went to the Jewish leaders and they elected to pay him for the information........his heart became more grievous and sometime after when Jesus was arrested and ridiculed and beaten the thought and feeling was too humanly unbearable and he killed himself. Why did Jesus ask his most trusted friend and dedicated disciple to arrange his own arrest? Jesus understood his disciples would be surely distressed over his arrest and imminent departure. He also appreciated that some may come to his defense. He wanted to avoid any violence and interference with what he knew was inevitable and he was prepared to meet the outcome of his ministry. That is precisely why he went to the Garden of Gethsemane......it gave him a little time to ask the Lord if perhaps this did not have to happen (his arrest and crucifixion) and it was in a quiet private place where crowds of followers and the curious would not interfere. That's the behavior of a spirit led person. Do you know or ever ever ever hear of a person who did a wrong and within less than 24 hours had such a conviction of conscience that they killed them self? Don't mistake a shooter who walks into some place and kills several people then shoots himself as a demonstration of a convicted conscience........this is an act of escaping the obvious consequences of arrest, incarceration, and all the condemnation,embarassment and judgment we all would like to avoid when we do a wrong. Was Judas afraid of arrest and incarceration?
Does Judas care how he has been portrayed by established religions and denounced every Sunday.........no!...he cares not because he knows the truth, knows what he was asked to do...and his good friend, Jesus who walks with him in eternity knows too. In fact, to this day Jesus himself is portrayed with similar untruths, which are retaught over and over again. Perhaps the day has arrived.......the working hour......when falsehoods old and established are exposed, discarded and in the process we find a new definition for purpose and meaning here. Fore untruths are like weeds in a garden-they strangle the truth and limit its growth and vitality in those who learn of it.
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