Walk and Talk with the Lord #20

So far we've been spending our time walking and talking with the Lord in the Old Testament. Today we move on to the New Testament in Matthew 4: 

18 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. 23 And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them. 25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. 

Jesus had been baptized, immersing Himself into identifying with us as the Incarnate Christ - God walking and talking with us here on earth. He has wrestled with Satan in the wilderness, and is ready to move forward with God's plan. So He starts walking. As He walks, He calls others to join Him: Simon and Andrew, James and John, and a number of others, who observe Him at work: teaching, healing, interacting with all sorts of people from all sorts of background. Rather than needing lessons from them how to walk and talk with earthlings, He was teaching them. He sees what they really need - what we really need. He directs the conversation. He knows what we need to see and hear, and teaches us how to speak. Walking and talking with the Lord is not an option; it is essential to living the life God has for us. Christ showed us that with His regular trips up the mountain to be alone with the Father to walk and talk with Him. It's like Jesus is calling us: "come with me: I'll show you how to walk and talk with the Lord, because I am here."