Tuesday 6-1-21 Sivan 19, 5781 3rd. day of the weekly cycle, 74th. Spring Day
Live Like It's Morning
For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth
Ephesians Five:9
MESSAGE: OUR DAILY BREAD 14TH APRIL 2021 DEVOTIONAL
When I have to travel across time zones by air, I try various remedies to avoid jet lag. I think I’ve tried them all! On one occasion, I decided to adjust my in-flight eating to the time zone where I was heading. Instead of eating dinner with the rest of the passengers, I kept watching a movie and tried to fall asleep. The hours of elective fasting were difficult, and the breakfast that came right before we landed left much to be desired.
But living “out of sorts” with those around me worked. It jolted my body clock into a new time zone. Paul knew that if believers in Jesus were to truly reflect Him in their lives, they would need to live out of step with the world around them. They “were once darkness” but now they were to live as “children of light” (Ephesians Five:8). And what might that look like? Paul goes on to fill out the picture: “The fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth” (v. 9).
Sleeping through dinner may have seemed foolish to the people on my flight, but even as it’s midnight in the world, as believers, we’re called to live like it’s morning. This may provoke scorn and opposition, but in Jesus we can “walk in the way of love.
God Of Justice
Our Daily Bread 1 June 2021 Today Devotional - God of Justice (5dailydevotional.com)
Love always, Walter and Debbie
Live Like It's Morning
For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth
Ephesians Five:9
MESSAGE: OUR DAILY BREAD 14TH APRIL 2021 DEVOTIONAL
When I have to travel across time zones by air, I try various remedies to avoid jet lag. I think I’ve tried them all! On one occasion, I decided to adjust my in-flight eating to the time zone where I was heading. Instead of eating dinner with the rest of the passengers, I kept watching a movie and tried to fall asleep. The hours of elective fasting were difficult, and the breakfast that came right before we landed left much to be desired.
But living “out of sorts” with those around me worked. It jolted my body clock into a new time zone. Paul knew that if believers in Jesus were to truly reflect Him in their lives, they would need to live out of step with the world around them. They “were once darkness” but now they were to live as “children of light” (Ephesians Five:8). And what might that look like? Paul goes on to fill out the picture: “The fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth” (v. 9).
Sleeping through dinner may have seemed foolish to the people on my flight, but even as it’s midnight in the world, as believers, we’re called to live like it’s morning. This may provoke scorn and opposition, but in Jesus we can “walk in the way of love.
God Of Justice
Our Daily Bread 1 June 2021 Today Devotional - God of Justice (5dailydevotional.com)
Love always, Walter and Debbie