"Walk with me."
A few months ago, as I attended a conference, I
stood a few feet away from a man as he prayed
for a lady. Over the past year or so, I’d grown to
really look up to this man. He speaks at various
conferences and churches, teaching people
about prophecy — that is seeing and speaking
from that which God sees and speaks. He had
a vibrant relationship with God, enjoyed life in
Him, and in many ways was a role model to me.
Leading up to this point, I had asked God for
the chance to meet him at this conference,
and almost out of nowhere, I now had this
opportunity. It looked like this was my chance!
As the man finished praying for her, he started
walking away quickly with a directed attention
that said, “I need to be elsewhere.” He would be
walking right past me and I realized I could have
grabbed his attention, but I decided to leave it.
“He has somewhere to be; I won’t block him
from that. I’ve already asked God and I trust
Him.” But then as the speaker walked past me,
without turning, he said to me, “Walk with me.”
Inside I felt like, “Yeaahh!! I’m in! All the hun-
dreds of others at this conference might want to
talk with him, but I’m with him by his own
choice!” We walked to his merchandise table,
where he handed another lady he spoke with
one of his CDs, and talked with her a little more.
I stood there waiting for him, content and happy.
Like a little child I’d asked my Heavenly Daddy for
this, knowing it’d be close to impossible for me to
arrange, and it now appeared He said, “Sure
Daniel, I can arrange that.”
Then the speaker turned around and asked me,
“So what’s up, man?” as we walked to a less
populated area. I told him a little about myself.
He asked me some questions about what I was
doing with different things. Then he said, “Cool,
man! Well, let’s pray.” As he prayed for me, he
started out praying for some of the things we
talked about. Then he started praying for things
he couldn’t have known from what we talked
about. He ended the prayer by praying for things
I didn’t know about either! I knew this was a
prophetic prayer — praying from what God sees
and desires for me. It wasn’t because this man
was super special in himself; rather it was because
he had a close relationship with God, Who
knows everything about me, and he simply
prayed as God directed him to pray. It was a
really cool experience and I was encouraged and
blessed by it.
Later, as I was thinking about that blessing, I
realized something. God also says the same
thing to us. He says, “Walk with Me.” When God
calls us to walk with Him, He doesn’t require
anything strenuous from us. He just says walk,
live, abide, rest — in Him – and He takes care of
it from there. That moment of joy and delight
that I felt as I thought “Yeaaahh! I’m in! No one
can change that!” is worthy of being felt. I’m
with Him, the One worthy of highest honor
and praise. The One with an immeasurably
compassionate and loving heart, and also limitless
strength and wisdom. The One Who knows
everything about me and everyone and every-
thing in existence, and Who cares tremendously
for me. I’mwith Him forever — the blood of Jesus
has secured me here — so nothing else will
remove me from here. I can rest in Him. I can
speak with Him and listen to Him; I can trust Him
as He leads and empowers me through life; and I
can receive all His blessings from His majestic
beauty. There are many blessings to be received
and counted throughout our life, but He is the
most significant One.
— Daniel Lovelace
Metro Atlanta SDB Church
SR • January 2016
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“Do not be afraid, for I am with you…”
— Isaiah 41:10
SR
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