The Walk- Matthew 7:13-20

One of my favorite Steven Curtis Chapman songs is "The Walk." As I was reading through Matthew 7:13-20 today, this song came to mind. Our walk with the Lord and our walk in life is why we are here. How we choose to walk through this life shows what we truly believe and what our goals are. On top of that, how we choose to walk through this life will also determine how our lives turn out. That may seem like an obvious statement, but we tend to live like our decisions do not have outcomes and consequences.

If we are walking on the narrow path, our goal will be to glorify God. That narrow path will be hard at times and we will be tempted to take the easy road, but the results of taking the narrow path are wonderful. The deepest and most rewarding pleasure in life is serving God and glorifying God. That should be our number one goal at all times.

This truth really hit home when Tiffany and I went to Bali, Indonesia in 2005. While in Bali, we studied "The Blazing Center" by John Piper. The material was more than we could take in during one week. Since that trip, the Lord has really impressed these truths in my mind and it has helped me know how to focus.

The Walk (Steven Curtis Chapman)
I've got a Grandpa Rudd
He gave thirty years to the lumber yard
Loving his family and working hard
Got a faith like a solid rock
He's just doing the walk
I've got a friend named Larry
He sends me letters from a foreign land
He moved there with his kids and his pretty wife Mary
To answer a holy call
He's just doing the walk

You can run with the big dogs
You can fly with the eagles
You can jump through all the hoops
And climb the ladder to the top
But when it all comes down
You know it all comes down to the walk

There's a man I know
He said He'd come to show us the way
He died on a cross and He rose from the grave
And proved He was more than talk
He taught us the walk
And now I'm singing my songs
Standing up on a big, bright stage
And I do my dance while the music plays
But when the music stops
Am I doing the walk

You can run with the big dogs
You can fly with the eagles
You can jump through all the hoops
And climb the ladder to the top
But when it all comes down
You know it all comes down to this

Do justly, love mercy
Walk humbly with your God

'Cause you can run with the big dogs
You can fly with the eagles
You can jump through all the hoops
And climb the ladder to the top
But when it all comes down
You know it all comes down, down, down, down, down
To the walk