Morning, November 9
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“So walk ye in him.”
Colossians 2:6
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 man’s 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.