Walking is an expression of who we are in Christ. That is why Paul urges us to walk in a manner consistent with our calling. This is our duty as members of God’s family, and this same emphasis is echoed throughout the New Testament. Believers are repeatedly exhorted to “walk worthy of the Lord” (Colossians 1:10), to “walk in Him” (Colossians 2:6), to “walk in a manner worthy of God” (1 Thessalonians 2:12), and to “conduct [themselves] in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ” (Philippians 1:27).

Therefore, the instruction to walk is a call to follow in the footsteps of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is our duty, our responsibility, and the clearest evidence that we have truly been united with Christ. There is a manner of life that is worthy of our calling; there is a way of living that demonstrates that we are now members of the family of God. This life is not optional, it is our purpose.

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What does this phrase “IN CHRIST” mean? Paul teaches that everyone who has put their faith in Christ by grace through the Gospel, now shares in the blessings and status that belong to Christ. He understands that believers are joined to Christ, born into Christ, and now live inside Christ. Through this union, we participate in all that belongs to Christ and everything He accomplished for us. As Scripture says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation” (2 Corinthians 5:17), and again, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). This is why Paul insists that every spiritual blessing God gives is found only in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).

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“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named” (Ephesians 3:14–15).

One might ask why Paul chose to pray this kind of prayer immediately after explaining how Gentiles have been brought into the family of God in Christ. The answer is found in his opening words, “for this reason.” Paul wants us to understand this prayer in the light of the mystery he has just unfolded—that God’s eternal purpose is to unite all things in Christ and to form one family in Him (Ephesians 1:9–10; 2:18–19; 3:6).

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Since the fall of Adam, humanity has been alive in the flesh but dead in the spirit. Though physically alive, mankind became spiritually separated from God and subject to the desires and impulses of the fallen nature. This is what Paul refers to as the Adamic nature transmitted to all humanity—the inward corruption of the human heart (Genesis 6:5). Without spiritual life, humanity cannot have true fellowship with God or become what God created man to be.

“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.” (Romans 5:12)

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We cannot miss how Paul completely digresses from what he initially intended to say when he opened with, “For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles…” (Ephesians 3:1). Instead of finishing the thought, he pauses to explain what he means by “on behalf of you Gentiles.”

He introduces this digression by saying, “assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you” (v. 2). He then spends the rest of the passage describing his mandate as a steward of this mystery.

The clarity of Paul’s calling in this passage cannot be overstated. His mission was free of ambiguity. He had been entrusted with the stewardship of the gospel to the Gentiles. What is especially striking is that Paul repeatedly describes this calling as an expression of God’s grace (vv. 2, 7, 8).

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One of God’s great concerns regarding His people today is the lack of good works among the saved. This deficiency is often rooted in a failure to understand the purpose of our salvation. I have often said that the greatest pursuit in life is the pursuit of purpose, because it is the true path to fulfillment and happiness. No one can be genuinely satisfied until he or she is walking in the good works God prepared beforehand for them to walk in.

True fulfillment is found when we align our lives with what God created and redeemed us to do.

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