As I wake up each day often times my initial thought is about walking with Jesus. How do I do that? What does that mean. In the brokenness of my life what does that look like? In the brokenness of the world what does this look like.
In Ephesians 2:10, God shares that he has prepared works for us (not works of to save ourselves but rather works He prepared for us to glorify Him). This verse reads "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
Also, we know from James that real faith creates the motivation to demonstrate our love of God through our day to day work and efforts - these being fruit of that faith. See James 2:14-26.
We know Paul shared in Romans to look to the example of Christ and in Philippians 3 Paul suggest we imitate him and his walk with Christ. There are other places in scripture that point to examples for how we might live out our faith and walk well with Jesus.
In the sermon on the mount we see Jesus calling us to lives of humility and certain attitudes and ways of living with others. We are also told by Jesus that we should not keep our lights under a basket but rather let it shine into the world. And we should not lose our saltiness which implies we should "taste" (or look) different than the world or the culture around us.
We are also told to weight the cost, to be prepared to die to self, and to be willing to pick up our cross and deny ourselves. This implies the denying glorifies God.
Finally, in Matthew 28:18-20, we are told to share the Good News to the ends of the earth. That would represent another way to walk as Jesus commanded us to walk.
As I prepare to teach this Sunday, I will be talking about four questions, we as Christians can ask ourselves and answer for ourselves that help frame what a Christian life might look like in the time and place we have been placed that actively allows us to participate in the work of Jesus (who is making all things new - Rev 21:5) as He is Kingdom building before His second coming.
Although I cannot give you an exact answer as to what it looks like to walk with Jesus, I would leave you with these four questions to consider as you wrestle with what it means and looks like to walk with Jesus:
A. What is good that we can celebrate and protect?
B. What is missing that we can contribute?
C. What is evil that we can oppose and resist?
D. What is broken that we can restore?
How might you answer these questions?
Lord Jesus, my prayer as we go into this upcoming weekend, we focus on understanding what our walk with you should look like and that we then take steps to start walking that way with You! Amen.
Enjoy this weekend knowing the truth of the work, the peace and love of our Lord and Savior Jesus,
Patrick Engesser
In Ephesians 2:10, God shares that he has prepared works for us (not works of to save ourselves but rather works He prepared for us to glorify Him). This verse reads "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
Also, we know from James that real faith creates the motivation to demonstrate our love of God through our day to day work and efforts - these being fruit of that faith. See James 2:14-26.
We know Paul shared in Romans to look to the example of Christ and in Philippians 3 Paul suggest we imitate him and his walk with Christ. There are other places in scripture that point to examples for how we might live out our faith and walk well with Jesus.
In the sermon on the mount we see Jesus calling us to lives of humility and certain attitudes and ways of living with others. We are also told by Jesus that we should not keep our lights under a basket but rather let it shine into the world. And we should not lose our saltiness which implies we should "taste" (or look) different than the world or the culture around us.
We are also told to weight the cost, to be prepared to die to self, and to be willing to pick up our cross and deny ourselves. This implies the denying glorifies God.
Finally, in Matthew 28:18-20, we are told to share the Good News to the ends of the earth. That would represent another way to walk as Jesus commanded us to walk.
As I prepare to teach this Sunday, I will be talking about four questions, we as Christians can ask ourselves and answer for ourselves that help frame what a Christian life might look like in the time and place we have been placed that actively allows us to participate in the work of Jesus (who is making all things new - Rev 21:5) as He is Kingdom building before His second coming.
Although I cannot give you an exact answer as to what it looks like to walk with Jesus, I would leave you with these four questions to consider as you wrestle with what it means and looks like to walk with Jesus:
A. What is good that we can celebrate and protect?
B. What is missing that we can contribute?
C. What is evil that we can oppose and resist?
D. What is broken that we can restore?
How might you answer these questions?
Lord Jesus, my prayer as we go into this upcoming weekend, we focus on understanding what our walk with you should look like and that we then take steps to start walking that way with You! Amen.
Enjoy this weekend knowing the truth of the work, the peace and love of our Lord and Savior Jesus,
Patrick Engesser
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