Posted by
R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:10:55 AM
Walking In His Footsteps
(Part Two of the expanded message)
By R.P.Woitowitz Sr.
Jeremiah 31:34
“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Of all the conditions that God has set before us probably the toughest is to walk in His righteousness. This can also be known as "walking the walk".
In the Gospel of John we find that Jesus’ command to the former adulteress is to “go and sin no more”. However, as flawed humans we most certainly have difficulties in doing this simply because of our fallen state.
How many of us speak about others in the work place, or perhaps covert something of another that we simply cannot have in our lives? How many times have we said to ourselves or others such things as; “I’m more qualified that promotion should have gone to me!” Or maybe we fervently wished for that new car that our neighbor has purchased, all the while wondering why it can’t be ours.
Maybe we have lied to protect ourselves or our failings. There is the occasional “white lie” to spare the feelings of others, but it is a lie none the less. We justify these by the old saying of’ “what they don’t know won’t hurt them”, but it does not make it right.
Please do no misunderstand my position here for I write this not to condemn anyone, for as a person I am just as guilty as anyone else. But does this mean that I should just live my life as I see fit, to continue on as if there are no consequences? Certainly not! We must strive to reach the goal, that Christ Jesus has set before and live as closely as we can to follow in His way, in His footsteps.
Now allow me to digress here for but a moment.
Webster’s Dictionary defines the word impute as; “Attribute to a source or cause” and it is synonymous with such words as ascribe, assign, and attribute. Hence when one adds the past tense “ed” to impute we have the word “imputed” which would also be synonymous with ascribed, assigned, and attributed. Please note that when we add the past tense we are referring to something or an event having occurred.
In the Old Testament we find that God had given Abraham His righteousness because it was Abraham’s faith in God that allowed him to believe in all God said He would accomplish.
Herein then is the gist of this essay. We should always endeavor to follow and emulate our Heavenly Father, but it is through our faith and trust in Him to accomplish all that he has promised that His righteousness will be attributed to us. Let us seek to not only walk in His righteousness, but to show ourselves approved and worthy of His righteousness, and that all that see our works see them, as the saying goes, “walking the walk” Let us all run the race for all we are worth so that we may obtain the goal.
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