May 11

Watch and Walk

1 Kings 2:4 If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.

This is a summary of how to live life. Watching is the gaze of the heart. Watching is initiated by faith to see beyond the bling-bling of this world. Watching is having our heart aligned with the priorities of God. Our faith must start on the inside. We are changed from the inside out. When the eyes of our hearts are in tune with God we see the world for what it really is. We can look beyond the facades and see what is really important.

Walking is putting our watching into action. Walking is the outward application of our inward convictions. Many times we use the expression “Walk the walk don’t just talk the talk.” Walking is putting shoe leather on our faith.

Our lives cannot be divided. The world says there is a sharp contrast between the sacred and the secular. That division is not found in the Bible, it is not found in this charge to Solomon. We tend to think that the sacred part of our life is Bible reading, prayer and church attendance. The secular part of our lives includes eating, sleeping, working and our recreation. This second category of walking is usually thought of as unspiritual and God is not interested in it. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our Lord Jesus is a perfect example of how to watch and walk. He could turn a conversation of asking for a drink of water into the gospel message (John 4). The apostle Paul exhorted us to “do all to the glory of God.”

This combination of watching and walking at each step of the day’s journey is the secret to the victorious Christian life. Today as you relate to people, work, play, eat and enjoy life, bring God into everything you do. Ask God to have spiritual eyes to see real need of our world and then ask him for wisdom to walk each step in line with his will.

Today is accountability day. Send me an email about what day you are on.
May God bless you with 20-20 eye sight today and godly sneakers.

Apryl will be adding her insights to our Bible reaching team every Thursday. I am so thankful for her heart for the Lord. I am looking forward to her insights into the Word.