Who Are You in Lock Step With?

“Blessed is the one

    who does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand in the way that sinners take

    or sit in the company of mockers,

but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,

    and who meditates on his law day and night.”

Psalm 1:1-2

Jesus was accused of “associating with sinners.”

In doing so, was He being disobedient to the commands of Psalm 1:1-2?

Certainly not!

We are told to be in the world – as salt and light – and not of the world.

We are to be the influencers, changing the people and the culture around us.

We are to walk among them but, as verse one points out, not to walk in step with them.

There is a huge difference.

I believe it is also why fellowship is so very important to each and every one of us.

It is a sort of ‘recalibration’ to the Kingdom of God if you will.

We remind one another of what is most important and gives us opportunity to encourage one another in our walk – to walk in step with the Kingdom and not with the world.

I cannot walk in step with others if I walk alone.

Take these words to heart:

“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”

Hebrews 10:24-25