ABUNDANT GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH
  • Home
  • Welcome
    • Gallery
  • Statement of Faith
    • Message Blog
  • Directions
  • Contact Us

January 01st, 2013

1/1/2013

0 Comments

 
Ephesians 5:15-17
15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,
16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

Let us thank the Lord for all HIS blessings and mercies in the year 2012.
We are grateful to the Lord for ushering us into the New Year 2013.
When we reflect upon 2012, I am sure we all have some sweet memories, some bitter, some good experiences and some bad.
In this passage the Apostle Paul presents some important lessons for us to consider in 2013
He was talking mostly to Christians who believe in the Lord Jesus.
15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,
Paul writes that we are to live wisely.
The wisdom God gives to us is not the wisdom of this world.
True wisdom is based on the knowledge of the Holy One..
Proverbs 9:10 says:
“Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.”
This reverential fear is the foundation for wisdom.

Paul writes be careful how you live, don’t live like fools. 
We have to live with wisdom that comes out of our fear of the Almighty.
16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
We should make the most of every opportunity because life is
very short and we only have not many opportunities.
Psalm 39:4
"Show me, O Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life"

King David talks about the brevity of our life.
We have to remember that we are just one short breath from eternity.
So in God’s given time, we have to grab all opportunities to serve HIM.
As we live in this wicked world we have to use whatever opportunities we get.
Paul says that don’t be foolish but understand God’s will for us.
God speaks to us through His living Word.
God speaks to us through praise and worship, through music, lyrics, and sermons in the Church.
The Holy Spirit who resides in us enables us to hear HIS voice.
In our quiet and alone with Him God begins to speak to us.
But we need to tune out all the noises of the world to listen HIS voice.
Apostle Paul is warning us not to take chance with our Christian walk.
Our Christian walk would shape our secular walk in 2013.
For a Christian the spiritual life determines the social life.
We cannot separate them at any given time. They go together.
Let us be wise and grab all given opportunities to serve HIM faithfully.
Let us be heaven minded as we deal with every day of 2013.


 
 


 


0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Pastor John Sesham
    Abundant Grace Community Church, Hayward.

    Archives

    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.