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Sunday, July 18,
2010
Walk
Galatians 5:16 This I say then, walk in
the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh
lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are
contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye
would. (KJV)
Strong’s definition for ‘walk’:
KJV—be occupied with
Thayer’s definition for ‘walk’:
a) to
make one’s way, progress; to make due use of opportunities
b) Hebrew
for, to live
1) to
regulate one’s life
2) to
conduct oneself
3) to
pass one’s life
Interesting definitions for the word walk
isn’t it? Are you making your way in the Spirit through the strait gate, and
in the narrow way which leads to eternal life in Christ? Are you occupied
with and making due use of opportunities in Christ who is your life? The
steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; so if you are receiving His
instruction you will be occupied with being a doer and not just a hearer. Walk
is active; it means that you are doing something, not being idle. Walk implies
moving forward; we are to forget those things which are behind and press
toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Today, make due use of the opportunities
that you have been given in Christ; the opportunity to continue on into
eternal life as a child of God; the opportunity to worship and serve our
Father, in Spirit and in truth; the opportunity to be an example of the
believers, being a representative of who God is through the leading and
guiding of the Spirit; the opportunity to demonstrate the ministry of
reconciliation that you have been given in Christ. These are just a few of
the opportunities that we have been given in Christ. I could go on and on,
but I know that you see what other opportunities there are which are
unending in the Spirit.
Regulate one’s life; regulate means to
adjust to a state of constancy, and regulation means the act of adjusting
or state of being adjusted. Walking in the Spirit adjusts us to a state of
constancy; being consistent in the truth of the gospel of Christ, not being
tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine, holding God and His word to be
true and every man (including our old nature) a liar; being consistent in
the application of now faith, staying in today, right now where Christ is
so that you are able to receive His instruction and you are able to allow
Him to mold and shape you into Their image and likeness; taking on the
divine nature of God.
And so it goes brethren, regulate your
life according to the Spirit and not the flesh, so as to continue in the
truth of the gospel of Christ and in the faith, becoming grounded and
settled in Him and in His truth which will set you free and keep you free
indeed, for then you will not be stuck in the mud, idled by the leading of
the flesh, but set free to move forward and continue walking in the Spirit
of life in Christ.
Ephesians 2 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and sins; (2) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of
this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit
that now worketh in the children of disobedience: (3) Among whom also we all had our
conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the
desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of
wrath, even as others. (4) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great
love wherewith he loved us, (5) Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (6) And hath
raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus: (7) That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding
riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. (8) For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God: (9) Not of works, lest any man should boast. (10) For we are
his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them. (KJV)
My beloved brethren, if we live in the
Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let the Spirit lead and guide you
into all truth which will regulate your life in Christ, and enable you to overcome
the idleness of the flesh and continue in the Spirit seeking always to do
those things which are upright and well pleasing in our heavenly Father’s
sight.
Ezekiel
36:27 And I will put my spirit
within you, and cause you to walk
in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. (KJV)
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