"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit" (Galatians 5: 25).
The two most important things in our holy religion are the life of faith and the walk of faith. You will never find true faith unattended by tru godliness. On the other hand, you will never discover a truly holy life which is not rooted in living faith on the righteousness of Christ. There are some who cultivate faith and forget holiness. There are others who have strained after holiness of life but have denied the faith. We must have faith, for this is the foundation; we must have holiness of life, for this is the superstructure. Of what service is the mere foundation of a building to a man in the day of tempest? Can he hide himself there? He wants a house to cover him, as well as a foundation for that house. Even so we need the superstructure of spiritual life if we would have comfort in the day of doubt. But seek not a holy life without faith, for that would be to erect a house which can afford no permanent shelter, because it has no foundation on a rock. Let faith and life be put together; and, like the two abutments of an arch, they will make our piety enduring. Like light and heat streaming from the same sun, they are alike full of blessing. O Lord, give us this day life within, and it will reveal itself without to Your glory.