WALK IN HIM

By Rick Mathes

Colossians 2:6 (NASB77) ⁶  As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

At my age I am very conscious of age as the few years remaining quickly slip away. My matra is walk, lift, and live. I walk my dog a reasonable distance at least twice a day and I have weights near my work area to lift time to time throughout the day. As you can imagine this illustration rings well with the erse we are focusing on.

If you really take a good look at the components of walking, they are really all short lessons in walking with Jesus. You see, I am never alone. I have a partner in the Holy Spirit and He walks with me.

Most obvious to waling is that is is an action. Having a Bible collecting dust on your end table or in your brain dead mind is not going to do you a bit of good. There is cause and effect. You can’t have a blessed effect of holiness when you put your nose in the Word ro recall powerful verses in your head but inaction won’t do it. You have to give yourself a push.

This will give you the forward progress you need to go forward Duhh! It only takes the first step. Think about it. How long can you coast your bike uphill before yo stop ad start rolling backward. You have to keep pedaling. If you are not more of a Christian today than you wee yesterday you are backsliding and you don’t even notice it. But you will when you crash.

The last leg of true Christianity or as I refer to it as Calvinism is perseverance. This means we don’t quit! We get off the canvas, pick ourselves up and press on! There needs to be a steady action, a level progress and you will be rewarded by a continuance, one step at a time to glory. A nice faithful walk that the Lord can count on. No ups and downs and no starts and stops: only one smooth movement will keep you reliably in His will.

Once you put these three components: actions, progress and continuance in motion, it soon becomes a habit. I suggest that you accomplish this with a partner. Iron sharpens iron and an exercising partner may just give yo the motivation you need to have a strong Godly walk for Him.