June 1

​Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.  (Colossians 1:10).
 
If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and acts like a duck, it must be a duck. You have probably heard something like this before. A duck does what ducks are supposed to do.  I wonder if people look at us and say, “That person walks like a Christian, talks like a Christian, and acts like a Christian, he must be a Christian. Hopefully, that happens. Being a Christian is not something we do Sunday morning or at church meetings, it is who we are. Paul wrote, “Be imitators of me as I am of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1). Like Paul, we desire to imitate Christ to be a living example for our fellow Christian and a living witness to the unbeliever.  May people say that we walk, talk, and act in a manner that is pleasing to God, demonstrating the love of Christ in our words and actions.
 
Verse for today:
Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (Ephesians 5:1-2)