Walking is a pretty mundane activity. It’s not glamorous like running. I’ve always wanted to be a runner but am definitely not one. I am simply a very good walker. Walking is what you learn early by falling down a lot. It is also what gets you to the kitchen in the morning for your first cup of coffee. It is basic and boring and taken for granted unless you can’t do it anymore.
2 Corinthians 5:7 says, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” (NKJV)
The real work of life is walking by faith, one boring step at at time. It is paying your bills, doing your job, cooking dinner and cleaning the toilet by faith. It is knowing that in these small necessary everyday things you are creating a life of acknowledging God’s power in you.
Jesus said in Matthew 10:40, “This is a large work I’ve called you into, but don’t be overwhelmed by it. It’s best to start small. Give a cool cup of water to someone who is thirsty, for instance.” (MSG)
Walking by faith is not just revealed in the great things but especially in the small things. Not just in the extraordinary but in the absolutely ordinary.
Walking by faith means that what you see does not dictate how you behave, in small dull moments as well as big exciting ones. It isn’t very exciting but it is totally life-giving.
Walking by faith means that when Christmas isn’t working out to be what you hoped for, you are able to roll with the punches and still enjoy the special moments that would otherwise be buried in resentment and disappointment.
Charles Spurgeon said, “That man has not yet learned the true spirit of Christianity who is always saying, ‘I can preach a sermon by faith.’ Yes, sir, but can you make a coat by faith? ‘Can you cook a dinner by faith?”
My friend, my prayer is that today you will walk slowly, steadily and consistently by faith in who Jesus is, what He has done for you and what He is continuing to do in you.