Hey girl, we’re your hosts Iz
And Zi.
And welcome or welcome back to the Forever GodGirl podcast.
We are going to discuss the topic, How to Navigate the Christian Walk with Jesus.
Yeah, this is such an important topic because we did talk about being saved and having some
sanctification in the last episode.
But in today's episode, we're going to talk about the ups and downs, the times you're
not perfect, the times where it's hard, and the times where you just need a little good
advice.
The scripture says in Psalm 119 verse 105, the word is a lamp onto my feet and a light
onto my path.
So what does this mean?
So when we think about our walk with Christ, we need to really explore the topic of spending
time with God because in order to hear him and to know when he's speaking to us, we need
to know what his voice sounds like.
We hear God's voice through his word, people, and prayer.
Well, Godly people.
Spending time in the Bible is so important because it's how we know God's word and it's
how we get knowledge of his Bible in order to use wisdom.
And what is wisdom?
Is when we apply it, application.
For instance, we read about rattlesnakes all the time.
But if you see a rattlesnake in the middle of the road, are you just going to walk right
in front of it?
No, exactly.
Yeah.
That is the point of wisdom.
Wisdom is making sure that you take the knowledge of the word and use it into your daily life.
How can we use this?
With friends, different circumstances.
At school, at the pool, at the workplace, especially everywhere.
Wisdom is so important.
Also, the Bible, this is really important.
The Bible is two things for us.
It's our guide to life and it's God's love letter to us.
But we have to actually follow it and it's our decision whether we want to use wisdom
or not use wisdom.
But to follow it, we need to wholeheartedly believe it.
For example, when I was with my friends, they wanted to do something that was totally not
good.
And I had a choice to either participate or not.
And I knew it was wrong.
So I decided, you know what, they can get in trouble, but I'm not doing it today.
Which is good because a lot of times we'll face circumstances where we have a choice.
And choices are some of the most stressful things in the world.
In fact, our whole life is made out of choices.
But when we have the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, we know we make the right choice.
And sometimes, don't get me wrong, we probably will stumble.
But it's when we get back up again and we learn from our mistakes through the Holy Spirit,
we decide that we're not going to do them anymore.
Because unfortunately, stumbling is the way we learn in life.
But every time we stumble, we fall down.
We sin.
God always has His grace holding out to us and He has His wisdom that He puts in us so
that we can apply that to different circumstances and choose something differently.
That's all about learning to lean on Him, which is also another important thing in the Christian
life.
For example, Proverbs 3, verse 5 and 6, trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Lean not with your own understandings, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will
direct your path.
That is such a plain scripture.
Acknowledge Him, know Him, believe in Him and not your own understanding.
Our human minds can only go so far, but God's wisdom stretches out the whole entire universe.
Besides, it's said in the Bible, He knows the beginning to the end.
And we only know what's in the moment.
And so when we are learning to lean on Jesus in our walk with Him, it's easy to try and
find other sources of comfort, which are really just distractions because we don't want to
go face to face with it.
But going face to face with it is actually such a blessing because when we do, we find
out things that we never knew before.
Yes, navigating the Christian walk with Jesus is sometimes an uphill battle, but when we
choose to press into Him, lean on Him as our only true, number one, trustworthy friend,
as He is, of course, we tend to view things differently, not from what we think, but what
God thinks.
And have you ever gotten tired thinking, I keep stumbling, I keep sinning, how am I ever
going to walk out the Christian life?
Well, it's actually quite easy.
You see, in Isaiah, it says that God will rejuvenate us.
Young men fail.
But God, He always rejuvenates us and gives us strength.
In fact, it says He will give us wings like eagles so that we can soar and fly.
And the more we choose Jesus over everything else, the more we come to Him, the better
we become.
We're not always going to be perfect, but we don't use that as an excuse and we realize
that the only way to become more like Jesus is to come to Jesus.
So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help
you.
But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give
your heart to the Lord today.
To receive Him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through 10.
It says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that
God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
So if you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with
Jesus.
You are saved from all your sins, past, present, and future sins you may commit.
This truth is not a free past in any time.
Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel
to others.
You are saved forever and your name is written in the book of life.
Did you just give your life to Christ?
If you did, then that's such a big celebration.
Go tell somebody and go share the word.
And if you want to know all about salvation and sanctification, go back to our last episode.
Before we end this episode, we want to ask you a question.
Has God ever talked to you before?
And if your answer is no, just know that He probably has.
You just weren't listening.
And so we always need to put ourselves in a right mindset to hear His voice, to navigate
our lives.
The last scripture we want to read for you today is Galatians chapter 5 verse 16 in the
Easy English Bible.
So this is what I say.
Let God's spirit show you how to live in a good way.
Then you will not do the wrong things that you may want to do as people who are weak
and too men.
Thank you so much for listening to this podcast episode today.
We hope it helped you and we hope that you learned something.
Keep reading your Bibles.
See you next time.
Bye.