Walk properly

Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. – Romans 13.13

The instructions continue on how we are to walk and what we are to do once we finally wake up.  

They are a lot of places in the New Testament where we are told how to walk. Here we are simply told to ‘walk properly.’

And by properly Paul meant:

Not furtively, but openly

Not in partying

Not in drunkenness

Not in lewdness

Not in lust

Not in strife

Not in envy

What I find really sad is that he even has to say that to believers.

But he does have to say it. Why, I wonder?

Part of the problem with being lulled to sleep by the world is that we get comfortable there. You know how you feel some mornings when your bed just doesn’t want to let you go? Well that’s how the world can be for us. We find our comfort there and before we know it is part of our lives.

I don’t think that list needs a lot of explanation. If we look at it honestly we know whether or not we are walking properly.

It really is time for us to wake up and smell the roses folks. This is serious. It is time to stop playing games. The day is coming when it very well be a case of life or death. We need to know what we are going to do and start doing it now.