Did you ever play the game ‘Walk This Way’ as a child? It is like ‘Follow the Leader’ yet you not only follow someone but you also imitate what they do as they walk. It can be fun, challenging, and even have a reward at the end, depending on the leader. It is not usually embarrassing because what you do the leader did already.
Did you know that God has called us to play “Walk This Way’? Jesus became a man with the same weaknesses as we have (Philippians. 2:5-8) to be the leader of the game. He has walked on ahead and leaves clear instructions on how to imitate Him. In His Word we can see and follow His path in His way, imitating Him as we go. Often we have fun, find it challenging and there are promised rewards at the end.
There are many places in the Bible where Jesus has called us to “Walk This Way”. Sometimes it is just a simple command like the Great Commission (Mark 16:14-16) and sometimes it is a list of things like those contained in The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) and the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). I recently came across another list from the Lord in Psalm 15 which contains some of the things we are to do in ‘Walk This Way’. Let me share it with you:
Walk blamelessly; do what is right.
Speak the truth.
Do not slander.
Do not do evil to your neighbor.
Do not take up a reproach against your friend,
when he despises a vile person.
Honor those that fear the Lord,
and those who keep an oath even when it hurts.
Do not loan for interest.
Do not take a bribe against the innocent.
The reward:
He who follows these things shall never be moved.
