“As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him.” Col 2:6
I’ll never forget the first time those words echoed in my heart. College, probably sophomore year, Pastor Mark read them slowly. So walk… the room stood still.
So walk in Him. Of course! Why hadn’t I understood it before? I was striving, struggling, trying trying trying to live a life of faith. I was frustrated, defeated, discouraged. What was I doing wrong? No matter how early I rose in the morning or how long I prayed I still seemed to struggle. Ready to raise the white flag, I came to Bible study.
As you have received Christ …
How did I receive Christ? As a child. A 5-year-old child. Did I have anything to offer God? Nope. Did I have to rise at 5am to earn His love? Did I try really hard and pray exactly the right words and sweat my way into His kingdom?
No. How did I receive Christ?
I bowed. I clasped my starfish hands and …
asked.
I asked. I brought empty hands and bowed my head and bent my knees and asked God for the gift of grace.
So walk in Him…
Why do we think that we continue any differently than we began?
Sinners are not only saved by grace through faith, but the saved sinner lives by grace through faith.
Grace is the way to life and the way of life.
Paul would say to the Galatians and me,
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? (3:3)
Would we really receive God’s glorious gift of salvation and then push His hand aside, “Thanks, God, but I can take it from here.”
Are there any areas in our lives that are, essentially, saying those words?
Let’s continue how we began… amen?
{Think today of how you received Christ. What would it look like to walk in that manner today? Practically, what would that look like, if you lived that way today? Thank you, as always, for reading.}
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Kari…I’m going to have to think about this one…walking in the manner in which I received Christ. For some of us this would mean exactly what you described…the sweet child on her knees praying for Jesus to come into her heart. My story started that way but through my own choices, ended up very different. My “come to Jesus” moment came after two years of heartbreak, assault and darkness….my walk with Christ began the second time around with me draped over the alter in all my brokenness…and Christ met me there and started to put all the broken pieces back together. Maybe though, this is exactly how I should be living like every day. My entire being thrown on the altar for Christ to change, mold, repair, re-use…Thank you for the great insight today! Blessings on you!
Amen, and absolutely Shannon! I agree with you–and that is how MY own 2nd coming to Christ was as well. I do pray we can just continually come to Him, empty and without trying to impress Him or pretend we have it all together, and ask Him to gracious make us whole and lead us on this journey. Walking it with you from across the big blue! 🙂 Love you, girl.
Took a walk down a lane today and found my way using GPS. God is THE GPS but does not always show me so plainly the way. But THE walk and HIS WAY is one of trust in His eternal navigation tools.
Ah Kari, what a good word. I will not forget that verse in Galatians, was like a cold glass of water thrown in my face today. Shockingly refreshed haha 🙂