Coming to the Still Waters

Today's verses are Ephesians 5:22-24, which read,   v.22 - Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Paul is giving us what it means to be a Christian as we daily walk through this life of these evil days.  What is to come out of us by being filled with the Spirit are selfless activities that show our love for God and for others.  Now Paul will start to look at special groups of people and personalize this message even more.  He starts with wives.   "Be subject" means to be in submission.  Submission means to put yourself under the authority of another.  This is a military term when a soldier voluntarily puts himself under the leadership and guidance of his commanding officer.  The wife is to put herself voluntarily under the leadership of her husband. This submission or subjection is not to be just under anyone but under "her" husband and this activity is to be shared by all other Christian wives doing the sa...

Today's verses are Ephesians 5:18-21, which read,   And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. Paul has told us to be careful how we walk, how we live in our daily conduct, as wise.  To be wise is to focus on and imitate God being His beloved children.  We do this with the limited time that we have and while we are living within this evil world under the influence of Satan. Paul will now give another physical analogy to help us understand this change in our lives.  The subject of the example is wine and drunkenness and its effects.  When someone drinks too much alcohol it leads to a state of drunkenness and the result of drunkennes...

Today's verses are Ephesians 5:15-17, which read,   v.15, 16 - Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. Because all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, therefore be awake about how you live your daily life.  Be aware of your daily conduct or way of life and that it is seen not only by God but also by others.  Your daily activities make a difference and an impact even the things that we have deemed as "little" or maybe unimportant. To be wise in this passage is connected and probably should always be connected with our response to God's existence and His words.  To be unwise would be to disregard who God is and what He has said.  Our daily conduct and walk should be in direct relationship to God and His grace given to use through the cross of Christ.  Why do we live this way?  The first part of the answer is because our time is...