Live with the Light of the Messiah

Verses:  Ephesians 5: 3-20

My thoughts about the verses:

It is very easy to live like you have all your life.  You want to live like nothing has changed.  You do all the things that your human nature is calling you to do.  In fact, it is hard for us all to quit doing the things that are bad for us.

God calls us to a new life.  We need to live a life in which we put away our old ways.  We need to live a life where we leave the darkness and live in light.  A life in which we can live without heads held high.  Lives where we please God in all that we do.

See if we think about it when you accept Christ in your life things change forever.  We are no longer our old self.  We are now a new being created in the image of God.  Our life isn’t about what we can get out of it.  Our life s what can we do to bring glory to God.

It is easy to think that I can continue doing this or that.  We think if we change a few things then that is enough.  Yet, what we have to realize is that anything that we keep in our life that is against the will of God keeps us from truly living our life. 

We look at sin and we put it on a scale of bad to worse.  We think as Christians as long as we do not cross that line that it is okay for us to do certain things.  I am not hurting anyone if I do these small things that are on the bad side of the scale.  I know better than do this because it will hurt someone.  Yet, what we have to realize is if we do anything on the scale we are hurting someone.  The person that we are hurting is ourselves and our relationship with God.

The new spirit that lives within us will remind us when we do things that are not the will of God.  We will become convicted and desire to do good in our life.  We slowly turn away from doing evil.  We need to ask God to help us to live a life of a new creation in Christ.  We need to ask the Messiah to guide our lives and to keep us from evil.  We need to ask God to make us a child of light.

When you become a child of light you become a beacon for Jesus.  People are able to see what God has done in your life.  They see how God has made you a better person.  Yet, if you try to live in darkness you are only dimming the light.  People are still watching and they will question your change.  Make sure to always keep your light bright so that you can lead people to Jesus.  You can be Jesus to someone else by living in the light of the Messiah.

Prayer:

We praise you God for your love.  We thank you for loving us even when we were living in darkness.  Help us dear God live in your light.  Help us put away our old ways.  Help us be the beacon of light that someone needs to find you.  Help us be Jesus for someone today.  In the name of the Messiah we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you accepted Jesus in your life?  Have you accepted the new life that you are to live?  Are you living as a beacon of light for the world?  Are you living your old ways behind you?  What do you need to give up today to become a brighter light for the Messiah?