Walking in Ephesians

In the Bible, the Christian's life is often compared with walking. The comparison is made to how we walk and the conditions in which we walk. It is, after all, an analogy we understand. So how is our walk? Are we walking in the ways that God tells us to?

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:10

Are we walking in good works? Are we living a live in which we strive to do godly things in godly ways? Do we do our utmost to obey God? If not, we are falling short of how we are to walk in this life.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

Ephesians 4:1

Are we walking in a manner that is worthy of the name of Christ that we wear? Our vocation is “Christian.” Are we living a life which is worthy of such a name? Or are we pretending to be such? We must be careful to walk in such a worthy manner!

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Ephesians 5:2

Are we walking in love towards God? If so, we will strive to do as He wants. If so, we will give thanks for what He has done. If so, we will rejoice and tell others the gospel. Are we walking in love towards others? If so, we will strive to put their needs above our own. If so, we will work hard to do good unto all.

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Ephesians 5:8

Are we walking as children of light? Or do we live lives of darkness and sin, separated by God by our iniquity? We know that the word illuminates our way, that it is provided by our Father that we may see how to walk (Psalm 119:105). Are we His faithful children in walking in that light? In our obedience?

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:15-16

Are we walking wisely? Are we taking the effort to think through what we do and ask the question, “Is this wise?” There is much in scripture that is not laid out for us with direct statements or commands. Yet we see principles that we can use wisely, in accordance with what God wants, to follow Him. Are we doing so?

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind

Ephesians 4:17

Or are we walking as we should not: as the unbeliever walks, falsely feeling secure in ourselves?