Be Passionate, Not Passive!
"He who says he abides in Him ought
himself also to walk just as He walked."
1 John 2: 6
Years ago when Brad Hathaway of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts,
was in his mid-fifties, his doctor suggested he start walking as a
way to deal with his diabetes and heart problems. Hathaway took
the advice and determined to walk around the circumference of
the earth—not literally, but in equivalent distance.
Day after day and year after year, Hathaway walked through
rain and shine, anywhere from three to ten miles every day.
Last fall, he finished mile number 24,901.
To great local fanfare, he had walked the exact
distance of the equator’s band around the earth.
His current age is 88.
“As time went on, walking got a little harder,” he
said. “I had a walking stick for a few years and
now I have this walker to help me walk.”
It’s impossible to make progress in our Christian walk if we don’t
make the effort to live with discipline, obedience, holiness, love,
input of truth, and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. We have
to work on our Christian walk. We’re God’s channels on earth,
but we’re not passive pipelines. We are onward-bound servants.
"If you walk with God, and keep close to
him, you will be sure to go in the right way."
Henry Scudder
