Walking after God

Yesterday was a travel day for me. I am in Stedman, NC (near Fayetteville) for a series of meetings over the next few days. You can look at the schedule to be able to identify the churches in which I will be serving as speaker. I am looking forward to these meetings and I believe that the presence of God will be with us as we look to direction from His Word and the strength of His Spirit. Pastor Don and Jackie Baldwin are serving as hosts for the first few days of these meetings. This is the "perfect" time of the year to be able to turn our hearts to Christ. The stores are decorated for the celebration of Christmas, the airwaves are full of music reminding us of the birth of Christ, and the anticipation of celebration is on the hearts of many of us. We will be poised for a mighty move of the Spirit if we can turn all of the secular excitement into spiritual enthusiasm for a deeper relationship with Christ. As we enter into the celebration of the birth of Christ let us remind ourselves of the true purpose of Christ's entry into this world. He came for the redemption of mankind. He came to restore man back into fellowship with God. He came that we can have eternal life. He came that men and women could be rescued and redeemed from the bondage of sin. Oh, we have so much to celebrate as we enter the time we call Christmas. I know that this has been said before but we need to keep the true meaning of Christmas settled in our hearts. Our focus needs to be on our relationship with Christ and our need to walk after His will and way. Let us recommit our lives to following after Christ and allowing His Spirit to direct our steps.