Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song, and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing … I Will Follow … poignantly singing of how we, as Christians, need to do all we can to follow Christ.
Drive Safely !!! ...
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Highlight Passage : … Ephesians 5:15-17 [ESV] ... 15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
… Paul exhorts Christian to be wise in their (our) walk to follow Christ in difficult times.
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Highlight Passage [Context] : … Ephesians 5:8-20 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, exhorts Christians to follow the Lord’s way, carefully in this evil world.
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Reference Passage : … Luke 9:23 [ESV] … 23 And He [Jesus] said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. …”
… Jesus helps Christians to find their (our) way in these difficult/dangerous times.
Reference Passage : …Romans 12:2 [ESV] … 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
… God, thru Paul, warns us to beware of the world’s ways. But to do all we can to seek and follow God’s will.
Reference Passage : … 1Corinthians 11:1-2 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul had taught fellow Christians to follow his teachings because he knew that he was following Christ.
Reference Passage : …1 Thessalonians 5:20-21 [ESV] … 20 Do not despise prophecies, 21 but test everything; hold fast what is good.
… God, thru Paul, exhorts Christians to be discerning and test all we hear/learn and follow only what is God’s way and His will.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Adam Holz, AT THIS LINK uses techniques taught in driver’s education [see photo] to illustrate how God’s word exhorts and teaches us, as Christians, to be discerning of God’s will and to avoid the wayward ways of the world.
Jesus wanted us, as His disciples, to seek and carefully follow His way, didn’t He (see Luke 9:23)? And God’s word, especially from the Apostle Paul (see highlight/reference verses), often warns Christians (and that’s us!) to be discerning and careful to avoid the ways of the world and even more carefully following the Lord, as Chris Tomlin sings in the linked song.
And taking in Paul’s warning in the highlight passage, I think these trying times we’re driving thru these days certainly qualify as the “evil times” referred to in that passage, don’t you think? So, let’s all take note of how we’re driving down the roads of life and do all we can to seek God’s wisdom and carefully follow His way thru His word. That’s why I come here EVERY DAY to be involved in my Lord’s “driver’s ed” course, … called The Bible, … because as Paul taught fellow Christians (and me!) in 1Cor 11:1-2, when we follow God’s way and His will in His word, we will ALWAYS be driving safely.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for showing me Your way to go in life thru Your word.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, to seek out God’s “driver’s ed” for carefully following His way in life.. … Amen
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