Walking with God: Talk to Him. Hear from Him. Really. by John Eldredge

My rating: 5 of 5 stars






In the intro John Eldredge writes: ‘Really now, if you knew you had the opportunity to develop a conversational intimacy with the wisest, kindest, most generous and seasoned person in the world, wouldn’t it make sense to spend time with that person, as opposed to, say, slogging your way through on your own?’ Too right it would. ‘Geez Louise!’

‘Walking with God’ is a journal of the author’s walk with Him through a year distilled into episodic learning moments. It begins with laying out the Biblical case for the availability, and desirability, of an intimate personal relationship with the Lord. He accounts for how that ‘inside information’ from Him, at crucial times of personal decision making, is the astonishing privilege of being a child of the Father, and makes all the difference.

There are scenes about ‘Making room for joy’ in your life, being willing to ‘Check under the hood (car bonnet) of your soul’, ‘Missing the good that God is giving you’ and ‘On the things that He withholds’. As we walk with the author, he makes himself vulnerable as he struggles with the comfort of a nightly drink, tries to get a decent night’s sleep, and falls off his horse.

Eldredge is a very well-read writer with a knowledge of literature, and film, that add other layers of interest to his work. He’s an undergrad in theatre, with a Masters in Biblical counselling, and influenced by Francis Schaeffer. Yet there is a pick-up-truck-loving, outdoorsy manliness about him that gives him an everyman accessibility as he watches hawks and scouts for elk with his boys on a Colorado ranch. ‘Geez Louise!’ he says. And as an expression of delight in God’s goodness, you might find yourself saying it along with him too.

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