2 John 6 --- And this is love: that we walk in accordance with His commandments and are guided continually by His precepts. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should [always] walk in love.
It's June 1st. Wow, we're at the halfway mark of 2022. I just can't quite shake these sinuses and headache for the past 5 days now. No fun there, but we press on in our journey of the Word.
Today I used the Amplified version on the verse because it does a fantastic job of drawing out some of the depth from the Greek words. The area the Lord drew me to focus on today is "WALK".
We've studied the Greek word for this one before. Peripateō means, to tread all around, make one's way, progress, to make due use of opportunities. To live, to regulate one's life, to conduct oneself. The usage here in this verse falls under, to live, to regulate one's life, to conduct oneself. There are two things given we are to live by or regulate our life by.
First, His commandments.
Second, the commandment you should always walk in love.
This is one of those verses where you can stop, hold it up like a mirror and see what's reflecting back. Are you in the Word enough to know what His commandments are? Are you abiding in Him so that you can walk in the agape love we're commanded to? It's easy to find and advise others, but a million times harder to confront ourselves and let God's light reveal inside what we need to repent for and get right.
I've rambled enough and my headache is really kicking me around so I will close today with an excerpt from Guzik's commentary.
"a. This is love, that we walk according to His commandments: If we love God, we will obey His commandments. We do this not because we think His commandments are heavy burdens, but because we see that they are best for us. They are guides and gifts to us from God.
b. Walk according to His commandments: Real love will walk this way. Perhaps John warned against those who thought the only important thing in the Christian life was a vague love that had no heart for obedience.
i. “Perhaps you fail to distinguish between love and the emotion of love. They are not the same. We may love without being directly conscious of love, or being able to estimate its strength and passion. Here is the solution to many of our questionings: They love who obey.” (Meyer) "
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