Colossians 2:6

If we have received Christ himself in our inmost hearts, our new life will manifest its intimate acquaintance with him by a walk of faith in him.

Walking implies action. Our religion is not to be confined to our private prayer; we must carry out into practical effect what we believe.

If a person walks in Christ, then they act as Christ would act. For Christ being in them—their hope, their love, their joy, their life—they are the reflection of the image of Jesus, and people will say of that person, “He is like his Master; he lives like Jesus Christ.”

Walking signifies progress. So walk ye in him; proceed from grace to grace, run forward until you reach the utmost degree of knowledge that a person can attain concerning our Beloved.

Walking implies continuance. There must be a perpetual abiding in Christ. How many Christians think that in the morning and evening they ought to be in the company of Jesus, and may then give their hearts to the world all day; but this is poor living. We should always be with him, treading in his steps and doing his will.

Walking also implies habit. When we speak of a person’s walk and way of life, we mean their habits, the constant tenor of their life.

Now, if we sometimes enjoy Christ and then forget him; and if we sometimes call him ours and then lose our hold, that is not a habit; we do not walk in him.

We must keep to him, cling to him, never let him go, but live and have our being in him. As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him; persevere in the same way in which you have begun. And, as at the first Christ Jesus was the trust of your faith, the source of your life, the principle of your action, and the joy of your spirit, so let him be the same until life’s end; the same when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, and enter into the joy and the rest which remain for the people of God. O Holy Spirit, enable us to obey this heavenly precept.