pramsay posted on September 28, 2006 17:37 1129 views

Professing Christians who don’t walk the talk push more people towards atheism 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. Hypocrisy and shallowness drive people away from the Gospel. If your business practices are not 100% above board, don’t ever tell someone you are a Christian. If my jokes are off-colored and my language is peppered with foul slang, may my lips be silent about what Christ has done for me. 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’m at the same counter buying or renting the same videos as the rest of the world, should I even suggest to a friend that Christ satisfies completely and I live for a higher purpose?

King David in Psalm 61 hit some high peaks as he wrote about his trust in the Lord. His son Absalom had turned against him and chased him from the throne. In the midst of life’s greatest trials, when the dark, depressing circumstances are overwhelming, do you cry David’s prayer: “Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I?” Psalm 61:2. Can you use his words and call the Lord your ‘strong tower’ and that you are taking refuge in ‘the shelter of His wings’? Then King David wrote:

So will I sing praise unto Thy name forever.
That I may DAILY perform my vows.

Psalm 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 honor 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 every day – not just when life was tipsy-turvy. Sometimes we go into a frenzied scramble of performing our vows in a crisis but soon as it passes, we slip back into the rut of living for ourselves.

David recognized that the Lord’s care for us is a daily thing. He wrote: “Blessed be the Lord who DAILY loadeth us with benefits or beareth our burdens.” Psalm 68:19

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 the Christians.

The Apostle Paul said: “I die DAILY.” 1 Corinthians 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 abuse you.
To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also,
and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.”

(Luke 6:27-31)

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

Christian living is a DAILY thing – not some act we put on from time to time. You won’t regret this evening that you walked the talk for Christ throughout the day.

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