Walk His Way

“Walk this way,” the restaurant hostess says.  It’s just what it sounds – an invitation to follow her as she leads you to your table!

What does it mean to walk in Christ?  You remember playing “Follow the Leader?”  As teenagers, my friends and I loved to play “Follow the Leader” off the diving board – what a fun twist!  We did our very best to duplicate the leader’s cannonballs, dives, and crazy jumps in the water.  It’s what Christians are called to do -- imitate Christ.  Jesus chose twelve men to be His disciples: disciple -- a learner, one who follows another’s teaching, an adherent, an imitator of a teacher.  The goal of every disciple is to be like the teacher.  Jesus said,  “A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.” (Luke 6:40)  Do we not see how essential it is Believers are to “walk in Christ?”  Paul wrote to the Colossian church, “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him.”   Considering the condition of this world and the lures of sin, it’s not so easy to obediently follow Christ but it’s very simply written -- “walk this way.”  God’s grace enables and empowers us to do so; His grace is sufficient and His strength is made perfect in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).  It’s not a game – it’s a way of life: follow THE LEADER – walk HIS way!