“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing” (Col. 1:1010That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; (Colossians 1:10)). As one quickened by Christ, the question is, “Am I walking worthy of Himself?” Judgment is to be exercised by me as one walking with God in the light, taking my place in God’s presence, not as a stranger, but as a son. All the thoughts of my heart meeting His approval, being, as I am, in the wilderness, shut in between the cross and the coming glory, I have got to bring everything into the light and judge it.
Nothing shows more what measure of vigor and power of spiritual life we have than the way we bring out into the light, to be judged, not that which may appear outside, but all the hidden springs within, laying bare our thoughts and motives.
How can there be joy, if souls merely rest in the work of Christ, without entering into the thought of whether they are walking worthy of the place which that work has put them into?
Ah! How happy and blessed a place it is... where we may be abiding in the light, having power to judge ourselves and pass sentence against all in us that is not worthy of Christ.
G. V. Wigram (Gleanings)