Professing Christians who don’t walk the talk push more people towards atheism and agnosticism than any other single reason. Think of it! There’s nothing that causes more resentment, bitterness and skepticism towards the lovely Person of Christ than someone who says they are a believer but fails to show it every day of the week – in person or online. Hypocrisy and shallowness drive people away from the Gospel.

If my business practices are not 100% above board, may I be careful not to tell someone that I am a Christian. If my jokes are off-coloured and my language is peppered with slang that I wouldn’t use around faithful believers, may my lips be silent about what Christ has done for me.

If I can’t refrain from being mouthy, snarky, smart-alecky, impolite, rudely controversial, resentful or insensitive online, then let me not post another Bible verse online until my behaviour and attitude become more Christlike.

If I am known as a stingy and miserly person, pinching every penny and beating the last dollar out of every deal, I shouldn’t even whisper to another person that I walk with the Lord; after all, who is more generous, gracious and giving than our God?

If I live for the same things from weekend to weekend that sinners live for, should I even suggest to a friend that Christ satisfies completely or that I live for a higher purpose?

King David, in Psalm 61, hit some high notes of praise, despite the sad circumstances of his life just then. During life’s greatest trials, when the dark, depressing storms are overwhelming, do I cry David’s prayer: “Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I?” Psalm 61:2.  In your trial, can you call the Lord your ‘strong tower’ and that you are taking refuge in the shelter of His wings?  Then King David wrote:

So I will sing praise to Your name forever, That I may daily perform my vows. Psalms 61:8 

Living my life for Christ is a daily thing. I don’t just clean up my act for Sunday. David’s desire was to honour his obligations to the Lord every day he lived. Yes, he had a failure or two in his past – but the deep desire of his heart was to walk closely with the Lord each day – not just when life was rough. Sometimes we scramble to perform our vows to the Lord when we’re in a crisis, but when things calm down, we slip back into the rut of living for ourselves.

Jesus said: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” Luke 9:23. Read through the Acts of the Apostles and notice the emphasis on the word daily in relation to the early days of Christianity. The Apostle Paul said: “I die daily.” 1Corinthians 15:31. Each day he lived for the Lord, he was willing to risk death for the cause of Christ. He lived a self-sacrificing life daily.

The greatest example of all was Christ. Daily He walked in close communion with His Father.  From sunrise to sunset, He walked the talk.

But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either. “Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.”Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.” Luke 6:27-31

Those were His words. How could I read about the life of Christ and look at the Cross and not conclude that He daily walked the talk!

Christian living is a daily thing – not some modified behaviour we put on the same time we are checking the mirror for the final time before we head out to a Bible Study or the Lord’s Supper.

This evening, you won’t regret that you walked-the-talk for Christ throughout this very day.

Walk carefully and closely with the Lord today.

Warmly in Christ,

Peter Ramsay

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