The Encounter Of 'Will You Walk With Me? (WWWM)'
I remember well that day, I entered into the sanctuary of the church I used to go daily to pray for many years at the start of my day.
On that remarkable day, after I entered into the sanctuary, and after about five minutes as I sat down to collect my thoughts together to start my prayer, I sensed the presence of the Lord so strong around me. I was struck with a sense of anticipation, because I knew something unique was going to happen.
Suddenly, I heard the voice of the Lord almost audibly speak to me and say “take the shoes off of your feet, for the ground upon which you stand is holy”
In all the years that I had been in the church praying, not once did the Lord ever speak to me in such manner and asked that I should take the shoes off my feet as he did to Moses when he turned aside to see the burning bush.
When I heard the Lord say those words, I said immediately, “Yes, Lord”
Then the Lord said to me, “remove your shoes and lay them upon the altar.”
So immediately, I did exactly as the Lord had instructed me. I was wearing silver flat shoes at that time, the color of redemption I thought later.
After I had done that, I heard the Lord ask me so clearly and loudly, “Will you walk with me? I was struck with silence as I began to think and responded to the Lord, ‘have I not been walking with you, Lord ?’
He asked me again, “Will you walk with me or do you need more time to truly decide? “
I responded to Him, ‘Lord you specifically brought me from UK where I grew up, to USA. Have I not been walking with you all this time?’
He asked again the third time, “Will you walk with me?”
Then it hit me, and I knew exactly what he was asking of me. It was not that I was not walking with him, but it was an invitation to walk with him at a deeper level of intimacy and obedience that I had not yet experienced.
His presence was so strong and His invitation was so weighty; I found myself having to truly evaluate where my heart was and if I could really walk with Him to the degree He was asking of me.
I thought about the time when Jesus called His disciples and said to them “follow me, and I will make you fishers of men “ in essence, He was asking them the same thing “will you walk with me? “
I remember telling the Lord, “Lord, I don’t know if I can to the degree and the depth, and the surrender, and the obedience of what you are requiring of me.”
I walked around that sanctuary for what felt like an hour crying, pouring out my heart to the Lord and coming to terms with the inner challenges of my faith, my beliefs, and my surrender.
When I was finally convicted and completely broken at that moment, I realized there was nothing to go back to, and nothing to live for except in Christ, with Christ and for Christ.
So I said, “yes Lord, I am ready to walk with you” He then said to me “now, go and put your shoes back on your feet”
After I agreed, I felt I had walked out of one dimension to another of greater one.
When I put my shoes back on and sat down, the Lord began to give me the whole message of what you are reading today.
“ Will you walk with me?”
I pray, that as you read this message, it will resonate deeply within your spirit and pierce your soul in the way that it did mine. I pray that you may hear the cry of the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ, asking you “will you walk with me? “
I have preached this message many times in my travels to different Nations, in Crusades, in teachings and it deeply impacts the lives of the people that hear it.
Below is a testimony of a precious friend called Pablo who heard this message and impacted his life.
Due to popular demand, I have made T-shirts with a condensed version of will you walk with me? If you want to have one, they are available for purchase on the Store.
I am also in the process of completing a book on this profound and timeless classic message, which will be out this year.
Blessings in Christ my beloved, He asks “Will you walk with Me?”
Will You Walk With Me?
There has always been a beckoning cry from our Father’s heart that never changes. He asks, ‘Will you walk with Me?’
Will you walk with Me or do you need more time to truly decide? Decide which place you are truly living in? This world or the Kingdom?
Does your heart require that you evaluate the cost of what I may ask of you?
Will you walk with me when the path ahead isn’t clear, and you get lost, but My Spirit within you keeps you going?
Will you walk with Me when people you trusted stole from you and left you with a debt you couldn’t repay, or when you were betrayed with the kiss of a friend and flattery entrapped you with its silver tongue?
Will you walk with Me when I ask you to forgive those that deeply wounded you to your core, even though you had just cause to be hurt, knowing that you have to let it go and keep on moving forward?
Will you walk with Me even though people misunderstand you, they misinterpret what you say, they reject you and abandon you?
Will you walk with Me when they judge you wrongly and speak out against you when you are innocent, when they lock you up for no reason in a prison of corrupted systems of this world?
Will you walk with Me when your expectations are not met the way you had hoped, and your desires are not what I have planned for you?
When your friends have left you and there’s nobody there to talk to, I AM. I have been and will always be.
Will you walk with Me when you witnessed the Palmerworm that tried to steal and devour your dream, the Cankerworm that attempted to corrupt your desires, the Locust that attacked the stalk of your security and your health, and the Caterpillar that attempted to eat the root and seed of your destiny and purpose?
I promised that I would restore, renew, and redeem ALL back to you – will you walk with Me?
Will you walk with Me through the painful stages of maturity, my beloved? I’m asking you afresh and anew today. Will you? It’s worth every step, because even when you can’t walk, I carry you anyway!