WALK WORTHY

Colossians 1:9-11 (NKJV) "For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy …"

If I am filled with the knowledge of God, then it stands to reason I will walk worthy of His calling. We are all called to play a part in His Kingdom. We are all given gifts, skills and talents that can be used to encourage and edify the body of Christ. However, if we do not cultivate our relationship to Him, we will be incapable of utilizing the gifts given to us.

We cannot use our gifts if we do not know what they are. We only need to ask the Lord to reveal this to us. Some requests are answered immediately, some dwell in the land of the “not yet”. God’s timing is impeccable; perfect in every way. We must trust in Him to use us how, when and where He deems necessary, for He knows all things and is able to place you where you need to be to accomplish the most good.

If we submit to the will of God for our lives, we WILL “please Him” and “be fruitful in every good work”. We tend to grow impatient as we walk down the narrow path set before us. The Lord can show us how to be patient in any situation if we allow Him to. God never forces Himself or His will on anyone, but we need to come to the place where our trust and faith feed into our actions so that we make our decisions with “all wisdom and spiritual understanding”. There is always a right and wrong way to do anything. You wouldn’t screw 2 pieces of wood together with a hammer or clean a piece of glass with steel wool. In like manner, you wouldn’t honor the Kingdom by judging or criticizing the non-believers or BELIEVERS, for that matter, that you encountered each day.

Through Godly patience and longsuffering* with joy we can “walk worthy” of our God, and thus be pleasing to Him.

WALK WITH THE KING TODAY AND BE A BLESSING!!

* - can be defined as “enduring with patience” or “passively tolerating”.