Tuesday 5 Oct 2021

October 5: Ephesians 5:15-20
 
Key Verse: Ephesians 5:18
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
 
Devotion:
When Jesus was amongst us on earth He continued to try and get us to understands how we should be willing to live, not as people who try to be the richest, wisest or most cunning... Jesus taught the disciples to be wise in Heavenly things by listening to Him and trying to understand what God's will was for them.
 
If we continue to try and live like He taught the disciples, then we have a good chance of getting things right. If we run off to try and learn from the world, then we are going to fall short of God's will and ways in our lives and end up doing more evil than we want to. It if not ok just to be good and to follow the law about everything because there are holes in our laws – this is how criminals get out of going to prison even when they are guilty!
 
God wants us to turn to His ways and to try to live our lives according to His ways. There is no way we can follow all the rules God gave the Israelites through Moses, because we all fall short of those rules at times during our lives. What God wants is for us to try to live for Him instead of living for the rules.
 
If we try to find out more about Him and try to live our lives according to Jesus' teachings, then we will get closer to living with God on earth. God cannot abide evil and will not accept it at all – but because Jesus paid for our evil on the cross, we have the choice to turn away from those evil ways and turn toward obeying Christ in our lives. Praising Him will become second nature when we walk closer to Him!
 
Points to Ponder:
How many mistakes have you made yesterday?
 
Will you try to draw closer to Christ today?