NO
GREATER JOY!
3 John 4
4 I have no
greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
As a father,
grandfather, and pastor, I know the joy that John knew. He refers to himself
in verse one as the elder which has a dual meaning. One refers to his position
because the word in the Greek is presbuteros and means Sanhedrist or presbyter. It refers to the joy of a pastor when his flock walks in
truth. The other meaning is simply “old.” I now own both distinctions so I know
the thrill when my children walk in truth whether they be from my loins or my
labor.
The word walk is the Greek peripateo
which means “to tread all around or to walk at large” and the idea is that this
person displays a consistent lifestyle. In this case that lifestyle is “in
truth.”
Can your father or your pastor
say this of you? When you “tread all around” do you present a consistent
Christian lifestyle?
Ps 26:1-3
26 Judge me, O Lord
; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord ;
therefore I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, O
Lord , and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3 For thy
lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
Lord,
when I “tread all around” may others see me walking consistently in the truth.
AMEN
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