Sunday, June 10, 2007

Worthy

Eph. 4:1 (NKJV)
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called.

Worthy, from the Greek word Axio literally means to live appropriate to our calling. When we are saved, a redeemed life should naturally follow. A good example of this is found in this Fox News article from today.

An Arizona man shocked cops in the East Village this week by walking into the local precinct and announcing that he'd strangled a woman on East 13th Street during an argument in 2004 -- and that Jesus Christ wanted him to turn himself in.
Authorities said the confession has solved the previously cold-case murder of
Myrna Gonzales, a 45-year-old homeless woman whose body was found folded into a large steamer trunk in a vacant lot at East 13th Street and Third Avenue.
"We wish Jesus would solve more of these," one law enforcement source said.
Michael Mohr, 51, might have gotten away with the slaying. But he'd recently had a religious conversion, and realized Jesus wanted him to do the right thing.

Walking worthy means that we do the appropriate thing, no matter the cost, no matter what. With Paul, I beseech you to walk worthy today. Do what is right no matter the cost!

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