Spurgeon: November AM
* 11/09/AM
"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 tenour
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.