Can two walk together except they be agreed?
Amos 3:3
Genesis 5:24 – Enoch walked with God. SeLaH
Very recently, I saw and understood (for the first time) that these words describe oneness with God – God and man (two) becoming one.
The reality of this connection is quite astonishing. Even more so, is the realization that God wants it! The God of ALL creation wants to connect with us – mere earthen vessels (clay).
… we have this precious treasure (God) in earthen vessels of human frailty, in unadorned clay pots …
2 Corinthians 4:7 (snippet)
This might be why David, also dazed by these revelations, asked the question: what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? Psalm 8:4 (NKJV) What a privilege it is to have God come to be one with us 💖 … what a privilege it is to connect, commune, walk, and be one with The Most High God (El Elyon)! Speaking of this touch-point …
- WHEN does it happen?
- HOW does it happen?
- WHAT happens when it does?
Let’s start with the first question …
WHEN does the connection happen?
Answer: When we believe God.
Here’s what started me on the journey that ultimately led to the above truth:
… whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and [really] believing, you will receive.
Matthew 21:22 (AMPC)
I read the AMPC version of Matthew 21:22 and almost immediately my inclination for words kicked in – Faith versus Belief. Yes, both words can be (and are) used interchangeably – rightfully so. However, in reading the above verse, I picked up on there being a difference between the two. The difference being that Faith (which is the Word of God; Who God is) precedes Belief or believing – I can’t disbelieve or believe (accept as true) what I don’t first encounter.
FIRST, I encounter God (His Word, His Spirit, Who He is) through any number of ways. THEN, with the help of His Spirit (The Holy Spirit), I believe. #SpoilerAlert 😉
In other words, Faith births Belief.
I hadn’t heard or seen this delineation before. Out of curiosity, I asked my cousin (Lana) what she thought was the difference between Faith and Belief (if any). Here’s a snippet of what she said:
” … I think belief is the result of matching my (human) being with more than me. Faith does not require my being but belief does.“
As with almost all my interactions with Lana, I heard God speak to me! Through her response …
- The HolySpirit affirmed that God (the Word of God … Faith) IS. He JUST IS. He does not require any person or thing to BE. God is God regardless and always.
Know this: God is God, and God, God … we did NOT make Him …
Psalm 100:3 (MSG)
- The HolySpirit affirmed that God is MORE than me. He is in me and beyond me simultaneously.
Unlike me, God is not limited to time (He exists in and out of time).
He is not limited to this natural, earthly world. He exists in the realm of the seen (earthly world) as well as the unseen; the latter being the realm from which all that we see in the former was birthed (Hebrews 11:3B).
… God spoke and the invisible realm gave birth to all that is seen … what we see (with our natural eye) did not come from anything that can be seen.
Hebrews 11:3B (TPT, NLT)
In the realm of the unseen (or the realm of the yet-to-be-seen 😊, the realm of HOPE), there’s so much more than what we know or think we know – Jeremiah 33:3 … 1 Corinthians 2:10 refers to them as the profound and bottomless things of God; His inmost heart revealed to us by His Spirit (The God of special revelation to Jacob) in a firsthand, personal way … a one-on-one connection.
What eye has not seen, ear has not heard, and has not entered the heart of man – these are the things God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him.
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (AMPC, TPT, MSG)
… by His Spirit and in a firsthand personal way, God reveals to us these profound realities – the bottomless things of God, His inmost heart and deepest mysteries …
- The HolySpirit revealed the beautiful, eye-opening truth that Believing God is the place where God and I connect! It is the point where God and I touch – the touchpoint. It is how I actively connect with the God in me Who is also beyond me and otherwise out of my reach.
In believing God (like Mary 👉Luke 1:30-45), I become one with Him – my heart becomes one with His. This is the place where clay truly meets Potter (God).
Believing God is the first step of intimacy/fellowship with Him. It is the first step toward God …
Without Faith it is impossible to (walk with and) please God, for whoever comes to God must necessarily (first) believe that God exists … that He rewards (and cares enough to respond to) those who seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 (AMP, MSG)
… it is required for every step thereafter. Believing God is an important aspect of our walk with Him – without it, there is no walk (Amos 3:3).
It is a privilege to believe God –Philippians 1:29(AMPC) … a privilege to touch God, to be intimate with Him, to walk hand-in-HAND with Him. It’s like the holding (together) of hands that happens when we pray – an agreement, a union … a connection … oneness.
HOW does the connection happen?
Answer: Through/By the HolySpirit.
… not by might, nor by power, BUT by My Spirit, says the LORD
Zechariah 4:6
Believing God is possible ONLY by the HolySpirit. It is not by choice – definitely not a self-executed choice. It is not by self-will, determination, or wherewithal, ONLY by the HolySpirit … it’s why He is sent(John 14:16, 16:7).
There’s been times I wanted to believe but wanting to did not auto-translate to actually believing God. Similarly, (in my experience) knowing that believing God is the way to go does not always auto-translate to actually believing Him.
While it seems like the simplest of things, believing God can (sometimes) be a struggle for the desperately wicked heart of man. Nevertheless, we are not without help – the HolySpirit enables and empowers us to believe. It’s His pleasure to do it for us 💖 … it’s why God comes –Exodus 19:9– why God visits (why He comes to connect). This also is why we must ask for the HolySpirit (Luke 11:13)and keep on asking UNTIL we are fully filled and perpetually overflow with Him … UNTIL we believe and keep on believing … UNTIL we connect and keep on connecting (an unbroken walk or companionship with God –Isaiah 30:18AMPC).
WHAT happens when this connection happens?
Answer: A perfect partnership is forged! And, ultimately, we see God glorified!
This place of unison and perfect harmony with God is where the magic greater works happen … where the naturally impossible becomes possible.
Case in point: Joshua 10 … I absolutely 💖 this story!
Quick 30-second background … Five kings gathered forces and went to war against the residents of a place called Gibeon because they had made peace with Israel. The folks at Gibeon called to Joshua for help … Joshua went to fight alongside Gibeon and against the 5 kings.
Fast-forwarding to the juicy parts 😊 …
(V8) God said to Joshua, Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands … [In other words, it is DONE]
(V10) God threw the enemies into total confusion – He caused the enemies to panic before Israel, who slew them with a great slaughter …
(V11) As they fled before Israel … God cast great stones from the heavens on them – more died because of the hailstones than the Israelites slew with the sword!
(V12) … Joshua prayed to God in front of all the people of Israel; he said: sun, stand still at Gibeon, and you, moon, in the valley of Ajalon!
(13-14) And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped … the sun stood still in the middle of the sky, it stopped in its tracks and sat there all day, the sun did not go down for a whole day! There has never been a day like that before or since, when God answered such a prayer …
What a perfect partnership! Two hearts beating as one in perfect harmony! Joshua prayed and was in agreement with God’s will – 1 John 5:14-15. He was hand-in-HAND with God.
Did I not tell you that if you believe in Me, you will see the Glory of God (the expression of His excellence)?
John 11:40
Another case in point: Mary(Luke 1:30-45)– she believed God, became pregnant in a naturally or humanly impossible way, then gave birth to Jesus, the Glory of God(Hebrews 1:3) in human form – the expression of God’s excellence, the unseen God made seen! Mary believed God’s Word and thus gave birth to God’s Word (Jesus is the Word of God) – she birthed the Word of God that she believed!
Believing God– this place of perfect symphony, harmony, alignment, agreement –is where and how the unseen God is seen.
By Faith (which in turn births belief in God), Moses left the land of Egypt, being unafraid, unawed, undismayed by Pharaoh’s wrath … he never flinched but held staunchly … fixing his gaze on Him Who is invisible, as seeing Him Who is unseen.
Hebrews 11:27
It matters that we see God … it is a necessity that we see(k) God. Here is WHY: in see(k)ing God, we come to know Him personally and intimately. Knowing God is our greatest reward (Proverbs 2:1-6).
… I would not have told you to seek Me if I could not be found. I did not call you to a fruitless service, saying, seek Me for nothing (in vain or with no benefit for yourselves) – I promised you a just reward …
Isaiah 45:19 NLT, AMP, AMPC
Knowing God is LIFE – Real, Eternal Life (John 17:3B). This Eternal Life is to know (experience) the fullness of God by virtue of being one with Him. A life of utmost satisfaction … in this, God is most glorified!
Genesis 5:24 – Enoch walked with God and he was no more. One way to look at this is that he became one with God. Consequently, there was no telling him apart from God, The Unseen One! We see Him Who is unseen (yet ever-present) when we believe Him … when we are intimate with Him … when we connect with Him. Indeed, blessed are the pure in heart (those who believe – Romans 10:10A) for they shall see God –Matthew 5:8– SeLaH
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Abba, my Abba, thank You for the privilege to come close, to connect, and be one with You exactly as my Lord Jesus is! Let nothing separate me from You.
By Your Spirit, continue to open me up to You – that I may continually (now and through eternity) behold the beauty, sweet attractiveness, and delightful loveliness of Your Glory and Grace. Be everything I am. Be all I see and know.
Thank You HolySpirit for enabling me believe – thank You for doing for me what I inherently can NOT do. Continue to enable me to believe wholeheartedly, unreservedly, and always!
Rivers in the Desert 
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