Ephesians 4:1-3 CEB

Therefore, as a prisoner for the Lord, 

I encourage you to live as people worthy of the call you received from God.

Conduct yourselves with all humility, 

gentleness, 

and patience. 

Accept each other with love, 

and make an effort to preserve the unity of the Spirit with the peace that ties you together. 

Ephesians 4:1-3 CEB

We've spent a couple of weeks in David's song (Psalms 139) which ends with David's plea to be lead in the Everlasting Way.

Perhaps this passage from Ephesians (one of my faves) is helpful in how we walk in that Way.

The first thing Paul invites us to do is to slow down, take a breath, and consider just what it is we've been called into.

In Ch1 he uses two pictures, adoption and inheritance, and maybe they're connected here. We have been adopted in, chosen, picked, accepted in, not just to any family, but to God's family. 

And He has already prepared an inheritance to show that we do belong, even when it's hard to believe, it's true. He's prepared an inheritance because we're loved (& nothing can separate us from His love). 

So take a breath, slow down and sit with that, as we're invited to live in a way that is worthy of this relationship.

Seen.

Chosen.

Adopted.

Beloved.

#truthtorestin 

#truthtoliveoutof