Steven A. Bush - January 19, 2025
Beloved Children of the Light
Ephesians 5:7-14 says: "Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, 'Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.'" (ESV) Therefore, if we are beloved by God as His children, which the Scriptures affirm we are; and if further we are indeed considered by Him as children of light, which the Bible also says is so; we have no other recourse but to shine...and the brighter the better!
Scripture References: Ephesians 4:17-32, Ephesians 5:1-17