"WATCH YOUR WALK"
Last
Saturday as the weather grew worse and the mist turned the sidewalks into a
deadly ice rink filled with potential dangerous slips and slides, I remarked to
staff members at church to “watch your walk” as they headed out the door.
Reflecting on my warning, I thought
to myself, I said that wrong. I wanted to say, “Watch where you step.”
However, reflecting on my verbal
misuse I thought about what I did say.
“Watch your walk” I thought
descirbes how we as Christians and as a church should approach the new year of
2014.
Matthew 7:14 says, “But small is the
gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”
Does that mean it is impossible to
lead a Godly life? No.
What it means is that in the world
people will often walk a path of life that is not obedient to the call of our
Lord.
It is easy to walk that walk because
the path is wide and the choices we make do not take into consideration what
God has asked us to do.
For the Christian, it means that we
put aside our desires, our ability to control things for our own wants and
needs and put others first.
The implications for our church is
one where we “do these things” in the name of Christ and put ourselves second.
When a church and its members have a
vision that gives empowerment to the Holy Spirit, watch it grow and go!
It now has a purpose that is not
hidden in words and formal statements but lived out where the community and
world sees it!
I call on our church not to be a
spectator for the events that God has placed before us. Be a participant in the body of Christ and
“watch your walk” become filled with purpose and enthusiasm for the Christ we
call Lord.
I am looking forward to the year as
we pray the prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4:10, “Oh, that you would bless me
and enlarge my territory and keep me from harm so that I will be free from
pain.” And God granted his request.
Blessings!
Pastor Wayne
