Are you a Christian walking of the world or with God? I ask
this because I have been guilty of walking of the world. I have recently come
to walking with God. I want to enlighten other Christians to what it means to
walk with God and why it?s important.

When you think about how you speak or how you behave or treat
others would you say it reflects God? If you answered yes refer back to
scripture and if it doesn?t match up you?re not.

 Ephesians 4:32 ?Be kind to one
another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.?

The reason why it is so important that we reflect God in how
we live is it shows that we are of God and not of the world and it can show
non-believers what it is to know God.  

Romans 12:2 ?Do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what
is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.?

Matthew 5:16 ? In the same way, let your light shine before
others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who
is in heaven.?

How can we reach non-believers if we
tell them to live by God if we don?t ourselves?

1 John 3:24 ?Whoever keeps his commandments remains in God,
and God in him and by this we know that he remains in us: by the spirit he has
given us.?

Galations 2:20 ?I been crucified with Christ it is no longer
I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I
live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.?

As Christians we cannot claim to know God if we are not
living in the ways of God because we are to be living examples of what it is to
know God.

Titus 2:7-8 ?In
everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show
integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so
that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say
about us.?

How can we say we know God if we are not walking in the light
and are walking in darkness?

1 John 1:5-7 ?This is
the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him
there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet
walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
purifies us from all sin.?

Our salvation isn?t just about us it?s about reaching as many
people as we can to save them just as somebody saved us.

Mark 16:15 ?He said to them, ?Go into all the world and
preach the gospel to all creation.?

The ways of the world are a distraction by Satan to hurt us
by keeping us away from God.

 Colossians 3:2 ?Set
your minds on things above, not on earthly things.?

Proverbs 4:25-27 ?Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your
gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and
be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your
foot from evil.?

Everything that God tells us not to do is for our own good.

Some examples : unforgiveness it allows bitterness and anger
causing a grudge and you won?t get peace.  Also if you don?t forgive others God won?t
forgive you.

Matthew 6:14-15 ?For if you forgive others their trespasses,
you?re heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others
their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.?

Hebrews 12:15 ? See to it that no one fails to obtain the
grace of God, that no ?Root of bitterness? springs up and causes trouble, and
by it many become defiled.?

Another example is pride- if you are full of pride you can?t
humble yourself and if you can?t do that than how can you help others?

Romans 12:3 ? For by the grace given to me I say to everyone
among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to
think with sober judgement, each according to the measure of faith that God has
assigned.?

Another really good example is profanity. If we speak like we
are wicked or have evilness from our hearts we are not reflecting God and
anyone who needs to be saved will be less likely to listen.

Luke 6:45 "The
good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and
the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth
speaks from that which fills his heart.

When it comes down to we should want to follow Gods
commandments because they reflect who God is. We didn?t choose him he chose us.
If we want to follow God than we must strive to be like him.

1 John 3:22 ?And whatever we ask we receive from him, because
we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.?

 us changing is hard
but when you allow God to help you change you begin to see how he can improve and
better your life.

2 Corinthians 3:18 ?And we all, who with unveiled faces
contemplate the Lord?s glory, are being transformed into his image with
ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the spirit.?

We as Christians are all being changed and shaped to be more
like God. In order to be in his likeness we have to let go of the ways of the
world and submit to the ways of God. As children of God we are his chosen and
we are his treasured possession. We are not meant to be the way the world is;
but to stand out from all the rest. To be able to show God?s likeness in us and
for the world to be able to see that God is in us and all glory to be him.