WALK THE WALK

Therefore, we were buried with Him

through baptism into death, that

just as Christ was raised from the

dead by the gory of the Father, even

so we also should walk in newness

of life.

Romans 6:4

We all learned to walk at some point. For parents, our first steps where celebrated and the news of it spread to friends and family members. It's an activity we rarely give any thought to. In 1956, President Eisenhower began programs stressing physical fitness. Race-walking had become somewhat of a sport prior to that, but with this new emphasis on fitness, ordinary walking became a major means of exercise.

There is no doubt that ordinary walking can be a healthy thing for the human body. Lots of emphasis in our day is given to physical fitness, diets, etc. but for many people, physical fitness has almost become a religion. Walking gets us to where we want to go whether from one room to another in our houses, shopping at a mall or casually walking in one's neighborhood.

There is another kind of walking that may be more important than our casual walk in a park. The walking I'm talking about has to do with our walking WITH God in close relationship. Notice I stressed that word “with” because it's an important word. Recently I brought attention to that concept in a lesson I was teaching in Sunday school. It had convicted me in the sense that there are times I don't walk with God, I walk ahead or even in back of Him. His desire is to have us walking right with and along side of Him. There are times I get ahead of Him with my own plans or ideas. Other times I may be lagging, bringing very little to the relationship to really being with Him.

Our spiritual walk will take some effort on our parts. It takes drive and dedication but the Holy Spirit sweetly strengthens and encourages us in our walk. As God's children we are called to walk the walk and talk the talk lovingly with enthusiasm as we take each step with Him.

Father, I love You and want to be in consistent walking with You because You are the most important person in my life. In Jesus precious name...Amen