11And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
So we're starting off pretty difficult, but this is kind of pointed to where it should start. Where we should begin. Verse of 11 says, "let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." What does that mean. I think for our purposes it's starting with looking at that change of focus. Moving from a focus on the world (the deeds of darkness) and changing that focus to God (the armor of light).
This of course sends off bells about the armor of God 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:14-17) . And all of this keeps pointing me back to the beginning. And that is to be there and shaking off the world and being a part of God's plan for me. I have to pick up His armor and I have to be armed with the sword, His word.
So here I am on the internet at way too late/ too early in the morning. And I'm thinking this is good.
Because I think that, okay I know that I had started to slip down the path that was the world's. And my focus was not on the things of Jesus.
So keep me honest. Keep me on task. Pray for me that the busy-ness and the business of day to day does not keep me away.
Romans 11:16 Behind and underneath all this there is a holy, God-planted, God-tended root. If the primary root of the tree is holy, there's bound to be some holy fruit. Some of the tree's branches were pruned and you wild olive shoots were grafted in. Yet the fact that you are now fed by that rich and holy root gives you no cause to crow over the pruned branches. Remember, you aren't feeding the root; the root is feeding you.
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