Walk The Talk

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 3rd of May, 2023 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. 

We start with Job 12:4: 

“I am one mocked by his friends,
Who called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.”

Do they tease you because you are a follower of Jesus Christ? 

Then we go to John 1:47:

”Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!” 

A godly reputation. You and I have to walk the talk. People must see that we are followers of Jesus, not only hear it by word of mouth. Remember, people don’t have to like you but they must respect you. As followers of Jesus Christ, we need to display the fruit of the Spirit. Remember, Galatians 5:22-23, says: 

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.”  

We need to display the fruit of the Spirit when we walk down that road. Now, Gypsy Smith, the Romany evangelist that used to travel around England in a painted wagon and preach off the back of it to thousands of people said, “It takes a dead fish to flow down the river with the current, but it takes a live one to swim against it”. 

I want to say to you young lady, keep your virginity until the night of your wedding. The other girls will mock you, it doesn’t matter. Young man, you are known as an honest and God-fearing man, and even though the boys may mock you and tease you, deep down they envy you and they wish that they could be like you. Remember, when you go out to that party, they always give you the car keys, don’t they? That’s right, because they trust you and they know that you won’t get drunk and you will be able to drive them home. They give you their wallets to look after because they trust you. Don’t throw your reputation away! 

“For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his soul?” 
Mark 8:36

Remember, a moment of madness, a lifetime of sadness. Walk the talk!  

Jesus bless you and goodbye.