Walk The Walk

Be an preacher to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. - 1 Timothy 4:12


The preacher was speaking tougue-in-cheek when he complained, "My wife is absolutely unreasonable. She actually expects me to live everything I preach!" It's so much easier to tell someone what is right than practice it personally.

When my son and I play golf together, I can tell him exactly how to play the hole and hit the shots. But my own ability to hit those shots is sadly limited. I suppose this is what meant when we refer to athletes who "talk the talk, but don't walk the walk." Anyone can talk a good game, but actually performing well is far more difficult.

This is particularly true in the challenge of following Jesus Christ. It is not enough for us to talk about faith - we must live out our faith. Perhaps that is why Paul, after giving instructions to his young protege Timothy about how to preach, included this reminder: "Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity... Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them" (1 Tim. 4:12, 15).

As Christ's followers, we do not have the luxury of just talking a good game - we must live lives of exemplary faith in Jesus Christ. We must walk the talk. - Bill Crowder


Do others know from how we act
At home, at work, at play,
That we have Jesus in our heart
And live for Him each day? - D. De Haan

We please God when our walk matches our talk.

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1 Timothy 4:6-16

If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed. But refuse profane and old wives' fables.

Exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness have value for all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to came. This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching. Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders. Be diligent in these things.

Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all. Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

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Walk in Christ is much more important than talk in Christ...