Stepping Ahead In The Walk Of Faith
I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
Revelation 2:19
Maintaining the status quo. That may sound like a commendable, if somewhat conservative, goal for life. But the Christian life calls for more than a “status quo” mentality. Rather, it calls for growth, maturity, fruit-bearing.
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The believers at Thyatira belonged to a growing, pace-setting church. Albert Barnes uses their example to emphasize the importance of moving ahead in the walk of faith.
WALK WITH ALBERT BARNES
“The works which had been recently done at Thyatira were more commendable than those which had been done previously.
“They were making progress; they had been acting more and more in accordance with the nature and claims of the Christian profession.
“Religion of the soul, and in a community, is designed to be progressive. We always should seek to live so that we will have the commendation of the Savior; and we should regard it as something to be greatly desired if we are approved as making advances in knowledge and holiness; that as we grow in years we may grow alike in the disposition to do good, and in the ability to do it; that as we gain in experience, we may also gain in a readiness to apply the results of our experience in promoting the cause of religion.”
WALK CLOSER TO GOD
The Christian life is rarely composed of giant steps of progress. “Three steps forward, two steps backward” might even be a more accurate description.
Keeping “in step” with the Father requires that you make small but significant decisions in concert with him every day. Decisions in matters of love, faith, service and perseverance.
It’s important to know where you are—and where you are headed. But don’t overlook the equally important question: How fast are you headed there?
