Scripture: Philippians 1.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

Philippians 1:27 (NLT)

27 Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing side by side, fighting together for the faith, which is the Good News.

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

In my everyday walk of life, it would be embarrassing to my parents if I lived contrary to the ideals that they taught me, or lived in a manner that would constantly denounce the family name. For me, it would place such an awful stench on my name that people would not want to be found associating with me. In my Christian walk it is no different, for when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, I committed myself to live in accordance with His Word – live as He lived. I made my decision public, so if I don’t live as a child of Christ, then there would be such a stench on my name as ‘Christian’, because I would be considered a hypocrite or may even be recognized as unsaved because of the lack of evidence in the way I live. Either way, I would be totally ineffective and embarrassing to the work of Christ. Where are you at in your walk, friend? Are you walking in a manner worthy of the Good News of Jesus Christ? Would you be found ‘guilty’ of being a Christian by non-Christians that you come into contact with each day? God knows everything about us, so He knows how seriously to take our commitment we may have made at some church altar. If we were serious about it, then there will be no doubt in our daily lives who it is that we serve, that we honor, that we love and that we represent in and through our everyday lives. Let’s place aside all that may beset us and all that may hinder us or our Christian walk. If it’s God that we truly love and are committed to, then let’s live our lives in a manner where there will be no doubt to Him or to this world. God could call us home today friend, can we approach His throne with anxious and open arms because we know without a shadow of doubt that our commitment to Him is secure and that our lives have been matching our commitment to Him? Let’s be sure that we can do this friend, for we have no assurance of tomorrow. God loved us so much that He gave it all. Can we at least turn loose of all the worldly and/or sinful acts/things that prevent us from having an honest and open relationship with our Savior?

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Father, You have promised us only the moment in which we live. Please help me to live my life in total readiness for the time that You will call me home and that I will meet You face-to-face. While here on this earth, may I be found worthy to be called a child of the King. May I be found exampling each and every teaching found in Your Word so that others will not be distracted, but instead that I may be seen as an example of what You expect from true and real Christians.

 

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