WALKING WORTHY
"I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called…." (Ephesians 4:1)
I remember well the conversation I had with a parent of teenagers. That parent told his children, "Remember what family you belong to. Don't do anything to bring reproach on the family name." Members of the royal family in England have a responsibility to live in such a manner that befits their position as a king's kid. When they live beneath their dignity, the besmirch not only themselves but the royal name.
We have all seen how the name of Christ is dragged through the mud when a Christian – especially a Christian leader – fails to live up to his or her calling. The world laughs and the cause of Christ is called into disrepute.
This is Paul's admonition to the Believers at Ephesus. Remember what family you belong to. Now, walk worthy of your calling as a member of Christ's family so as not to bring reproach on the family name.
Then he spends the rest of the chapter explaining what that walk looks like. It means growing up into maturity; not being empty-headed (the futility of the mind); putting off the old man and putting on the new man – wearing royal robes that reflect our son-ship; not lying or stealing, speaking grace, putting away wrath, bitterness, anger, clamor, and slander.
We are children of the King. Let us live like it.
Love, Dad
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