SUNDAY May 19, 2024
Walk Worthy of Your Calling
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:1-3
Paul had already taught the Ephesian believers their position in Christ. They were spiritually rich. He knew it was necessary for them to know who they were in Christ before they were assigned to any Christian duty in the church. Believers need security in Jesus Christ. There is wisdom in that.
In Ephesians 4:1, the word therefore took them back to all they had already learned. For the first three chapters of the book of Ephesians, believers in Christ had sat while learning from Paul’s in-depth teaching on who they were in Christ. Now it was time for them to learn how to walk. There must be a consistency in their walk. The Christian life is compared to a walk. The word walk is frequently used in the New Testament to refer to daily conduct.
In the first three verses of Ephesians 4, Paul pleaded for Christians to walk in unity. Unfortunately, among the churches and between each other, there is a lot of disunity. God desires that we unite with the people of God. There must be unity among us, as we walk in the love of Christ: And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us... (Ephesians 5:2).
Paul began Ephesians 4 with our call. We are to walk worthy of the vocation God has called us to fulfill. Has God called you into a professional field? Are you a doctor, a teacher, homemaker, business man, or a student? Then He has a work for you to do in that capacity. Wherever you are in life––serving in the church, in your home, or out somewhere in the world––you can be used by the Lord to lead other people to Christ.
Christ has paid the full price for our redemption, but our walk with God on a daily basis will cost us much. Are we willing, cheerfully, to pay the cost?
~A. W. Tozer~
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