Walking the Talk, Living the Faith

UV 3579/10000. Walking the Talk, Living the Faith So that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord (displaying admirable character, moral courage, and personal integrity), to (fully) please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing in the knowledge of God (with deeper faith, clearer insight and fervent love for His precepts); Colossians 1 v 10 Spiritual wisdom and understanding enables us to live a life that is worthy of our calling in terms of our conduct, character, principles and lifestyle choices. We are to aim to fully please the Lord in all things as a soldier would attempt to please his commander. We will do so when we grow in our personal knowledge of God, increase in our faith, have a deep understanding of the precepts taught in scripture. We are to be rooted in the word and the love of Christ, nurtured by the Holy Spirit. Every step we take, every word we speak should be in conformity with the image of Christ in us. When we live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God, the Word will live in us. People will begin to see Christ living in us. This will happen when we willfully and willingly put our own egos to death, set aside our own selfish agenda and live for Christ. The Holy Spirit will give us the wisdom and grace to make the right choices consistently. Even if we stumble or make mistakes, He will make us aware and take steps to correct ourselves in time. As we yield our wills to the Lord, the Holy Spirit will enable the fruit of the Spirit to manifest and grow in us. He will also enable us to bear external fruit of acts of goodness and love for others the Lord brings our way. We will exercise the gifts of the Spirit like healing, word of wisdom, knowledge and prophecy to encourage, exhort, build others in the kingdom of God. Our faith needs to be practical even as it is spiritual in order to be real and helping in meeting the needs, physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual of people God has placed in our lives.