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believe there is certain criteria we must meet in order for our walk together to be a pleasurable and profitable expe- rience?
It’s interesting to note that the Hebrew word for agreed means to fix upon (by agreement); by implication to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a cer- tain quarter or position), to engage (for marriage).
Ah, marriage! When I married my lovely wife Rose, there were several “minor” things we didn’t agree upon. Over the years of our marriage, there have been numer- ous times when we didn’t agree on “what to do,” “how to do it,” or “when it should be done.” (I know this may sound strange to many of you “single folks,” but it’s still true.)
But some thirty-plus years later, we are still together and “happily married.” Why? We agreed “to the walk” way back in 1967. Besides becoming more in love with one another with each passing year, we have also formulated certain guidelines by which we have “agreed” to live by.
As ministers, we must also “agree to walk together” before we can take our first step together.
Someone might ask, “Brother Ford, can Godly minis- ters who have different beliefs work effectively together?” Of course they can, and very well... IF they agree to “the walk.” This is the first important element of Amos 3:3... the agreement to walk together.
This agreement cannot be taken lightly, as it means far more than we might think at first glance. “The walk” consists of more than two people just heading down the same road together. So let’s examine a little more closely, the agreement to walk together.
In order for two people to agree to walk somewhere
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