Who Will Follow?

September 22

Colossians 2:6, 7 states very clearly the expectation of the Lord we profess to love and serve regarding how we walk along this Path of Salvation He has set before us. We know we have, by His grace, discovered the only road that leads to eternal life and He wills us to trod it in truth.

The Word here states clearly, “As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith.” We don’t walk in Christ and expect to continue to walk in our own way. We don’t walk in Christ and expect Him to follow us into the dens of iniquity we once frequented.

We are not only to walk differently, we are to walk in a different direction, on a different path! Jesus tells us that the way to destruction is broad but the way to life eternal is narrow. Many throng the path to damnation; the path to life is less frequented (Matthew 7:13, 14). We may find ourselves traversing a lonely way when we are saved.

But, if we have truly experienced the saving grace of Jesus, if we truly value our relationship with Him, we will walk that path faithfully and we will not turn back. Though we may look over our shoulder at times, it will not be because we’re longing for the old way, but because we’re hoping those who see Him in us will follow.