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YE WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY (I)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16
Ephesians 5:1-20

Ephesians 5:15

 

“Ye walk circumspectly,

not as fools, but as wise.”

 

YE WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY (I)
 
Today, we can see a decline in standards of personal morality, sexual morality, social or public morality, and even “Christian” morality. Certain immoral behaviours that were regarded as serious sins fifty years ago are now becoming the norm. People used to be strongly against homosexuality, but now some churches even ordain homosexual bishops or solemnise homosexual marriages. Co-habitation is now a norm for young people. The rate of crime, divorce, abortion, and immorality is increasing. Worldliness has entered the church. This is only one of the signs of the last days (2 Tim 3:1-5).
 
The rejection of God and His Word is the core reason for the increasing immorality in the world and in the church today. God is light and holy and His Word is light and holy. When people reject God and His Word, they choose to walk in darkness. May God help us to live according to His will and Word.
 
(a) Walk Circumspectly as Wise: “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise.” The term “wise” here refers to ability to apply with skill what we know. To know what is right or good is not enough but how to perform it properly does count. And it is good for us to realise that we lack this wisdom. So we must ask the Lord for it. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him,” and “the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace” (James 1:5; 3:17-18). We should wisely conduct our lives according to God’s will and God’s Word, redeeming the time and be controlled by the Holy Spirit.
 
THOUGHT: Conducting our life according to God’s Word is wise.

PRAYER: Father, please give me Thy wisdom to do Thy Will and Word.

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