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Walking with Christ
The godly walks with integrity; blessed are the children after them.
[Proverbs 20: 7 (NLT)]
Now, when you see Proverbs chapter 20, it is most likely to be the long version of a section of the church's bulletin, "Word of Wisdom".
So, from Proverbs 20: 7, I captured a lot of things to devote. How amazing is God's Word!
Firstly, we believe as Christians that God made us to be His children, Amen? "The godly walks with integrity". What does "integrity" mean? According to the dictionary, it's having a complete moral character. And according to the Holy Scripture, no one else except our Lord Jesus Christ has perfect integrity. We, as God's children, have to walk beside Him in everything that we do. If we (children) are "after" Him, we would be blessed abundantly by Him. So, like a father who wants his child to follow his advice, we have to follow God's advices (His Word = the Bible) closely.
If a child failed to do so, the father will be disappointed in his child, wouldn't him? Again, same case with Jesus Christ! But the only different thing with Christ is that He forgives us. But remember that we have to seek for His forgiveness - repent. And repent SINCERELY! This means that we must not purposely fall into sin, just because God will forgive us if we apologize. In fact, He has limits to our sins too!
"You have forsaken me and turned your back on me,"says the LORD. "Therefore, I will raise my clenched fists to destroy you. I am tired of always giving you another chance."
[Jeremiah 15: 6 (NLT)]
[Jeremiah 15: 6 (NLT)]
Secondly, the verse said, "blessed are the children after them", and not, "blessed are the children after Him". You may ask why since Christians only worship one God. This is because we are supposed to chase after, not only Christ, but also our brothers and sisters in Christ that reflects Christ in their life. We are supposed to be the follower of the elders!
Then what? Stay as followers only? Certainly not!
We have to become a leader and lead the rest of the new Christians to Christ. We need to be the "godly [who] walks with integrity". Share His blessings with the others. Spread His Good News with everyone else!
So, now, follow Christ and all the other devoted followers in searching the Face of Christ! And then, spread them back to the new devoters! Be a follower of Christ. Then be a leader of other Christians!
God bless you!
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