I have long appreciated the song They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love and have tried to live according to its message.
Perhaps you have, too.
As important as it is for other people to know we are Christians, it is even more important that Jesus knows that we are Christians.
And the only way that will happen is for us to live as Jesus did.
If we are His, we’ll live His way.
It’s that simple.
Are you?
At work?
At home?
At school?
At the gym?
With your friends?
At the computer when nobody is around?
Today’s reading in the One-Year Bible includes I John 1:5-6, a compelling passage that says, “This is how we know we are in Him: Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.”
I thank God that the Bible contains many passages that are extremely easy to understand. And this is one of them.
The wandering churchgoer who excuses misbehavior because “The Bible can’t be understood” is simply in rebellion, it is clear.
It doesn’t take a genius to know that right living is “Light” living — living as Jesus did.
There are countless examples in the Gospels of Jesus showing how we should live.
That’s why we can clearly discern if we are living for Christ.
We simply have to walk as He did, walking where He did.
Jesus sometimes walked toward the diseased and socially misfit. Do you?
Jesus sometimes walked with the hurting and lonely. Do you?
Jesus always walked away from every temptation to serve Himself ahead of others. Do you?
Jesus knew that His path of faith sometimes involved suffering for the sake of a greater purpose and He willingly walked it. Do you?
Jesus also knew that His steps on the Via De La Rosa would pave the way for your steps on the streets of gold in heaven — if you choose to walk in this life as He did.
Will you?
As always, I love you
Martin
