Day #5

Terribly late, I know.

Today's will be on time, promise.

So. Ephesians 5 "today", and a church prayer meeting "earlier tonight" (on Tuesday)

One of the questions we were called on to meditate and focus on during our worship / prayer session was this : What makes Jesus, the son of David, such a special and great figure to us?

I was silent; I didn't have an answer to that. Try as I may, digging into my heart for an answer, the deeper I went, the hollower I became. I just couldn't answer that.

Sure, Jesus, You are wonderful, name above all names, Messiah, our Redeemer and friend, our Lord and Saviour, He who set us free, Prince of Peace, Counselor - but what did the name Jesus, and all He stood for, really mean to me? On a more personal note, I realized I had never thought about it that way before.

I could hardly focus for the rest of the night. Nick said something which rang so true on the empty walls of my heart.

Facade.

That's what I felt my life has been like. Just a facade, nothing behind it. Just getting through day by day, wandering and purposeless.

"Therefore be imitators of God as dear children." Eph 5:1
"For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord." Eph 5:8

We are called to be followers of Christ, as God's children, to have the hunger and the faith to be LIKE Jesus, to be holy as our Father in heaven is holy.

"See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise." Eph 5:15

Here we are instructed to walk not as fools, but as the wise. And how do we discern wisdom from folly, right from wrong, then by praying for God's wisdom and the mind of Christ?

I could go on and talk about "redeeming the time, because the days are evil..." (Eph 5:6) being a warning against procrastination, but I.. can't. Stopping here for today.

Prayer : Dear Lord, forgive me for not having established a more personal relationship with You. Help me draw to closer to you o God, to have a more meaningful and intimate connection with You. I want more of You in my life, with every passing day. In Jesus' name, Amen.