Ephesians 5-6 = Today's Thoughts

Ephesians 5-6 = Today's Thoughts

 

These two chapters have so much to say.  Some I really like and some I really struggle with.  5:15 “look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil”  I think of all the time I waste, doing almost nothing, vegging in front of  the tv, doing mindless repetitive work that is required in daily duties and yet often seams to go nowhere, and I am convicted that I have to do better.  The time we are given is a gift and yet we leave so much of that gift unopened and unused for anything productive.  The frustrating thing is that I almost always feel most fulfilled in life when I am about the fathers business and yet I often struggle to simply get up and do it. 

 

While I also like the section on wives submitting to their husbands, (ha-haa) I am then equally reminded how far I fall short in loving my own wife as I am instructed too.  It is yet another way where I know the right answer and responses and yet struggle to make them my top priority.  And when I fail at this it isn’t just my own failure that I am causing I am taking away from her what God has set in place for her to receive. 

 

If however Ephesians 6:10-20 was truly my daily ambition all this would fall into place, if I daily put on my armor, I would be prepared, waste less and be a better example of what God has created me to be.  Now the question is what will I do to make this happen?  That is where knowledge becomes action, and yep it will likely be uncomfortable at first.

 

Have a great day.

Rob