Secret Walks...

Carl F. Georges book “Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership” talks about the leaders ‘secret walk’. But when you think about it this is important for all Christians. Here is what he says…

“No matter how little you say publicly about your secret walk, the consequences cannot be hidden over time. It etches itself in your face and shows up in the blessings God brings to your life.”

Here is another quote from Georges…

“In our walk with God, there’s a direct relation between what we do in those ‘secret’ moments and who we become in public.”

Did you ever think how you spent time with God “your secret walk” would affect how you live your life? See we all have a secret walk with God. It might not be where you want it, in fact it might be hard to find at times…but every Christian has one. This walk changes the way we live our lives either for the good or for the bad.

If you’re not walking correctly with God, if you are living in disobedience with God…your life will reflect it. You might think you’re getting away with it, you might fool people for awhile…but sooner or later your true colors will appear. Your ‘secret walk’ will be exposed for what it is. I’ve been in this boat before; I’m not walking with God. I living my life the way I want to live it and when I pull into the church parking lot…I put on the mask…plastic people…in the plastic steeple. Nothing is real and I couldn’t wait to get back home…but no one was the wiser…right.
But as soon as I don’t get my way…something doesn’t go right…boom, I would be cursing and swearing…and saying things aimed at hurting the target.

But when I am walking the way I should…when I take the time to live in obedience with God, things are different. When I take the time to develop my ‘secret walk’ things are really different. Church is no longer ‘hard to get there’; I actually don’t want it to end. I love being around God’s people…even the plastic ones…I don’t get mad as often, I don’t curse or swear. I don’t aim to destroy anyone who opposes me…the list goes on and on.

Here is something else…your secret walk starts to etch itself on your face…it does. I have seen Christians who walk around with the longest faces…their face gets locked into a permanent scowl…they can scare you to death when approached. At the same time I have seen people who have so much joy…they have a permanent smile. You love to just stand next to these people…because you know the ‘joy’ of Christ has captured their hearts.

So go and think about your secret walk…tomorrow we will go over three things you can do to enhance your ‘secret walk’.

-ps