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Brethren, If walking with the Lord, following in his footsteps, seems to have become too hard for us and we are considering falling away;
let us first consider what the alternative is.
Matthew 13:20  But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21  Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Instead of having a life filled to overflowing with God's love;
we could have a life filled with bitterness, resentment and hate.
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Song of Songs 2:4
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
Acts 8:21  Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22  Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23  For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

Instead of having the abounding joy born of the hope of Glory with a vision of a life everlasting living in the eternal Kingdom of Heaven;
we could have a life filled with depression and sadness with our only hope being the grave and at the end of time the fires of hell.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John 15:11
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. Isaiah 38:18

Instead of having the peace that God only can give;
we could have a life filled with worry and distress in addition to anguish and anxiety.
John 14:26  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. Isaiah 25:4

Brethren, just look at all of the spiritual conditions we would have if we weren't walking hand in hand with the Lord.
Galatians 5:19  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20  Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21  Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Brethren, I don't know about you, but I for one have choosen to walk in the pathway of God's light thereby avoiding all those earthly pathways of spiritual darkness.
Galatians 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23  Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Let us then continue to walk with God!
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25