Don't Waste Your Walk:

I'm feelin this title more than ever in several key areas of my life lived in Christ. "Don't Wast Your Walk"...what does this mean to me??

First, it means walking in my true identity of who i now know i am through being a daughter of the most High King. Not living in the lies that often nag at my thoughts: "God is unhappy with me, so i must do something good to appease Him"; "God is changeable and may alter his opinion of me at any time, so i have to constantly prove i'm a good daughter"; or that "God is simply a responder and will react to me with either punishment or reward, so i will do all things that merit a reward".

The key to trampling over these lies is replacing them with truths. For instance, grasping the concept of our restored identity...that we are "seated with him" through the simple yet complex power of the cross...of His incomprehendable love and mercy. Remembering that it was his plan at the very start of life to place us (our sinful and ignorant selves) in Him (who is perfect and always holy). He proves this to us by giving us the gift of the Holy Spirit (His Spirit), to us...not to leave us whenever we mess up, but to show us what his never-ending love and grace looks like, guiding and carrying us through life's endless battles.

As God restores our identity...he simultaneously reveals it to us in ways that we are able to comprehend and individually apply to our self-image. Through revelation of our identity, we are taught how to walk it out...what a worthy and new walk looks like, as compared to the Father's, and now that we are aware, the admonition and warning of not wasting that walk.

Thirdly, we are now capable of retaining this new identity by standing firm in our faith and in God's strength versus our own. we are able to utilize the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives and actively live out who we are as sons and daughters of Jesus Christ!

Powers of darkness have lied to us and told us that "only some of us were meant for ministry". This is the reason that so many people groups are still unaware of God's testimony and salvation. EVERYONE has "A CALL" on their life. Christianity is a 24-7 way of life...not just something to be categorized into a sunday church attendance or wednesday night prayer group. It is HOW you live out your faith. Being a Christian equals an OUTFLOW vs an inflow. The Spirit of God is upon us to meet the needs of humanity. How are you doing this in your everyday life?? To minister means to serve. How are you serving?? Serving is not to be done JUST within the church but to every being (Mark 16:15). I think sometimes we view service as merely an occasional good act conducted within the safe walls of the church. while serving within the church is an aspect of servanthood, it is not the whole of it. we are called to minister and deliver the gospel message to "every creature"...not just those you know are open to hearing it.

God has been asking me over and over lately to what degree will i sacrifice for Him. What will i give up...what parts of my self am i willing to die to...and to what degree?? How important is it to me to truely and, with full out pursuit of passion, live my life according to his will for me as i understand it...to throw off my old identity and fully embrace who i am in Him. It leads to many crises of dilemmas...forks in the faith road where i have to consciously choose to obey and dive in...sometimes blindly, sometimes aware of the diffulty that lies ahead.

How do you walk out your faith...your hope...your love of Jesus Christ every day?? Is it a passion to you? A value that you have cultivated in your life? Or are we merely making excuses for our laziness through our human tendencies towards certain personality characteristics? "I don't share the gospel with unbelievers because I am not a quote on quote evangelist?" That is a very dangerous mindset to allow our faith to be controlled by. Are we not called to proclaim his name to every generation and people? Are we categorizing our faith? Pursuing Christianity merely on Sunday's?

"Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Heb. 12:1.

What are we willing to sacrifice to bear the name of Jesus? To carry out his love to our communities...countries...nations?? Will we be challenged to give up time? Maybe its a steady income of money...personal inconveniencies of uncomfortable situations. Are we really willing to take up our cross and walk this faith life out? Better yet...to walk it out with reckless abdandon...abandonment of self, recognition, pride, comfort, maybe stability......?