day no. 16,599: a way in which we must walk and the works we must do

Exodus 18:20

And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

The Christian life is knowing the way wherein we must walk and the work that we must do.

Ephesians 4:1

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.

There is a way in which we must conduct ourselves and a work in which we must engage ourselves. There are works to do and better ways than others to do them.

God is concerned with our character and our conduct. They are inseparable. We can speak of them separately, but we cannot functionally separate them without breaking something. Just like an egg is a shell, a yolk, and a white and can be discussed separately, but cannot be actually separated without breaking the egg. In order to separate faith from faithfulness is to break faith. In order to separate character from conduct is to break covenant.

There is a way wherein we must walk and works we must do and neither can be accomplished without outside instruction. We cannot follow our hearts and have holy hands, but we can, if we listen to Christ, walk in His ways, and do what He says; which includes regularly seeking His forgiveness in walking other ways, doing what He has forbid, or forgetting to do what He has commanded.