The Christian Walk

We know that Jesus said in Matthew 11, "..My yoke is easy and My burden is light." And yet it can be quite a challenge to resist the devil and walk the Christian walk. We get some help and guidance from Ephesians chapter 4. Note that the first 3 chapters of Ephesians tells us about the great gifts that we have gotten from God. The last 3 chapters talk more about how we are to live.

Note these thoughts in Ephesians 4:

verse 1, "walk worthy of the calling." We got a great gift from God; now we need to live it.

verse 2, "...with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love."

verse 3, "endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." There is the stress on "unity." He follows this with, "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."

verse 12, gifts were given "for the edifying of the body of Christ.." He is talking about the church, the body of Christ. Following this, the primary emphasis is on the individual. The church is important, but the individual is critical; that is us.

verse 14, "..we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine....grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ..."

verse 17, "This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind.....be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man..."

And so, we are challenged to walk the walk, talk the talk, live as Jesus would have us to live, challenging as that may be. Let's try to live it this week. Have a good one!