Walk the Walk of a Believer!

Worthy: Deserving admiration or honor

Ephesians 4:1 tells us, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation where with ye are called." In other words, Paul is begging us to live a life worthy of the divine purpose to which we have been called, with behavior that is pleasing to God. Verses 22-24 of the same chapter tells us that the Lord's desire for us is that we "...put off concerning the former conversation [or behavior] the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed [or reestablish] in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." The Lord desires us to have a personal relationship with Him - one of praise and thanksgiving and He wants us to have an upright walk with Him. When the Lord sees us walking worthy of our calling (i.e. that of a believer), He honors it and shows great mercy and favor toward us.

As an example, let's take a look at Samuel's walk before the Lord. He walked upright and the Lord was pleased with him. When Samuel prayed for something, he had great influence with the Lord - wouldn't it be AMAZING to have that kind of influence?! When the Philistines invaded Israel, Samuel prayed for God to intervene and "...the Philistines were subdued and they came no more into the coast of Israel; and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel" (1 Samuel 7:13). Samuel chose to take a stand with God and to walk worthy before Him, just as we must do. The word also says in 1 Samuel 3:19 that "none of his words fall to the ground," in other words when Samuel spoke it - God heard it and acted upon it. Now how awesome is that?!

Walking worthy of our calling pays great dividends, but of course, we have to do our part. As Ephesians 4:31-32 reminds us, "Let all bitterness, and wrath and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you; with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you." This is obviously what Samuel had working in his life, because the Lord honored him. You and I can also have this same favor working in our lives if we keep the Lord first and if we walk worthy of our calling. As the song says, "if He did it before, He'd do it again. Same God right now, same God back then!"

With all that said, let the church say amen... and AMEN!