Colossians 1:10
10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God,
What happens if we are filled with the knowledge of God’s will with wisdom and spiritual understanding (v. 9)? Why is that important? Here we get our answers.
When you combine knowledge of something with wisdom, you get action. And in this case, you get a specific kind of action. It’s a walk that is worthy of the Lord. It’s a walk that, when God sees it, pleases Him. But what does that look like?
As much as we focus on God’s grace, and for good reason, sometimes we can miss the call we all have to walk in a morally upright, God-honoring, sanctified way. God saved us, not for us to stay the same, but for us to be made new. And that newness is played out with every step we take every day. But again, what does that look like?
Well, what did Jesus do? What was His walk like? Did He walk to the outcasts? Did He give time to the oppressed? Did He forgive His enemies? What did Jesus do?
The more our walk comes into conformity to our King’s walk, the more our walk will please our Father.
Why? Because the walk that is worthy of the Lord is the walk that is best for us. And think about it, this goes back to Eden. Adam and Eve literally walked with God in Eden. It’s how things were supposed to be. They bore fruit in good work because they were doing the very work God told them to do. They were growing in the knowledge of God because they were walking with Him. But sin tore that walk up, it demolished that good work, it obliterated that knowledge.
But because of Jesus, because of the hope we have reserved in heaven, because of the indwelling of the Spirit of God, we have the opportunity to return to that worthy walk. We have the opportunity, the privilege, the honor of walking with our Heavenly Father. We have the opportunity to join with Him on His good work and know Him far more than we ever thought possible.
But it begins with being filled with the knowledge of His will. What does He want from us? For us? He wants us to walk, friend.
Onward, saints.
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