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Am I Walking Worthy?

Often times I wonder, am I walking worthy of my calling? Am I walking circumspectly and not as a fool? What about my prayer life? Is it effective? What can I do to improve it? Am I studying enough? These are all questions that many Christians should be asking of themselves? It is called self-evaluation. You take a critical, spiritual look at yourself and ask the Holy Spirit to show you where you are weak.

Other questions I ask myself are: Do the people I allow in my inner circle bring me down or do they lift me up? What about myself? Do I encourage others to seek God’s face and to study His Word to improve their walk? What about my light? Is it shining brightly or is it dimly lit?

Every day I strive to honor God and bring Him glory. When I shared these questions with my “first friend,” a fellow minister, he welcomed me into the Christian club or the minister’s club. (I get to pick which one.) He reassured me that God will let me know if I pull too far away from Him. His response was comforting.

I like the idea that I am asking myself all of these questions because that lets me know that I am not spiritually dead. In fact, I am growing and maturing in my Christian walk. I am running in this Christian race because of my deep rooted love for God. He made it possible for me to be alive and well in this day and age. I have lived through three decades which is more than what most people lived to see.

Now, back to my initial question about whether or not am I walking worthy of my calling.  Honestly, I believe that I am. Every day, I encounter situations that can make me or break me. I can set my eyes on God and come out as a victor or I can focus my energy on my situation and come out defeated. I would not want that added stress when all I have to do is give everything over to God? To walk circumspectly simply means that I walk in my Christian life looking for opportunities around me to glorify God.. It means that I look for a chance to share God with others. As an ambassador of God, I look for opportunities to assist/minister to those who are lost and struggling and need encouragement and I look for those who are saved and need to see Christ lived out.Martin Luther said it best, “The world does not consider labor a blessing, therefore it flees and hates it, but the pious who fear the Lord labor with a ready and cheerful heart, for they know God’s command and they acknowledge His calling.”

When God gives you life, He expects you to live it. Not as you see fit, but as He sees fit. His ways are not like man’s and His path is not crooked and wide, but straight and narrow. And your destination (whether it’s on the wide and crooked path or on the straight and narrow path), is truly left up to you.

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