Walk Wisely

Walking is a popular and good-for-you pastime in America.  Some choose to walk local athletic tracks or neighborhood sidewalks, even shopping malls have become a great place to walk.  By far, I suspect, the most common venue for walking are streets and roads.  Where I live, the choice is often determined by the least scary dogs!

 

John wrote to a New Testament congregation, “I rejoice greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.” (2 John 4).  What does it mean to walk in truth?  Commanded as we are and should do, it’s not always easy.  I’m not necessarily referring to just the walk but the knowing how to apply God’s Truth in our walk.  Deception comes in all shapes, forms, and fashions – even inside the Body of Christ.  Remaining true to Godly Truth can be (and is often) perceived as harsh, unloving, uncooperative, and unkind.  Nonetheless, when we give-a-little and begin to wiggle on what is fixed in Holy Scripture, Truth is compromised, diluted, and impure.  Remember, the best lie is 99% true!  By far, the best place to walk is on solid and level ground – so it is with walking in truth.  Of His Truth, God instructed Joshua, “Do not turn from It to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:7).  Wise words for serious walkers: walk wisely – walk in Truth!