If we have received Christ Himself in our inmost
hearts, our new life will manifest its intimate
acquaintance with Him by a walk of faith in Him.
Walking implies action. Our religion is not to be
confined to our closet; we must carry out into
practical effect that which we believe. If a man walks
in Christ, then he so acts as Christ would act; for
Christ being in him, his hope, his love, his joy, his life,
he is the reflex of the image of Jesus; and men say of
that man, He is like his Master; he lives like Jesus
Christ. Walking signifies progress. So walk ye in
Him; proceed from grace to grace, run forward until
you reach the uttermost degree of knowledge that a
man can attain concerning our Beloved. Walking
implies continuance. There must be a perpetual
abiding in Christ. How many Christians think that in
the morning and evening they ought to come into the
company of Jesus and may then give their hearts to
the world all the day: but this is poor living; we should
always be with Him, treading in His steps and doing
His will. Walking also implies habit. When we speak of
a mans walk and conversation, we mean his habits,
the constant tenor of his life. Now, if we sometimes
enjoy Christ, and then forget Him; sometimes call Him
ours, and anon lose our hold, that is not a habit; we
do not walk in Him. We must keep to Him, cling to
Him, never let Him go, but live and have our being in
Him. As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so
walk ye in Him; persevere in the same way in which
ye have begun, and, as at the first Christ Jesus was
the trust of your faith, the source of your life, the
principle of your action, and the joy of your spirit, so
let Him be the same till life's end; the same when you
walk through the valley of the shadow of death, and
enter into the joy and the rest which remain for the
people of God. O Holy Spirit, enable us to obey this
heavenly precept.
From Spurgeon's Morning & Evening
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