By Mike Durrill
"Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present." - 2Cr 10:11 ESV
These three chapters written by the Apostle Paul are intriguing. He is writing a church that he had written before and soundly chastised. He writes them again in this letter and commends them for changes that have been made yet also defends the message and manner in which his previous letter had been written.
This statement in verse 11 is a principle for all to live by. The principle can be said many different ways -
Do what you say.
Be who you say you are.
Walk your talk.
Practice what you preach.
All of us at times put a better foot forward than is actually ours. We all desire to be perceived in a certain light. However, there is much freedom and fresh air in having a desire to be Christ-like and yet admitting when we are not. Striving together toward godliness, yet understanding we are all in the ocean of life on the same boat named Grace.
By God's grace I desire to do what I say, walk the talk, and practice what I preach. Honestly though - I don't always. There are times that I say one thing and do another. A hypocrite you say? Guilty and charged. But one who desires to not be and leans upon the grace of God to be less so.
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