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Willingness of Heart
By Abigail Tju
Ephesians 5:15 states “Look carefully then
how you walk....”
Notice that Paul urges us to look carefully
then HOW we walk – not WHERE we
walk.
As God’s children, we are in His light and
that’s where we are. We have right standing
before God.
No doubt. If you read the earlier verses, Paul
tells us to imitate God in all that we do because
we are His dear children (verse 1). We don’t
imitate God so that we can be His children – we
do what He does because WE ARE His children,
because we bear His name and identity.
Paul instructs us to look carefully how we
walk...
Are we walking as fools or those who are
wise? The book of Proverbs teaches a lot about
life, especially on wisdom.
“The ear that listens to life-giving reproof
(criticism, admonition) will dwell among the wise.
Whoever ignores instruction despises himself,
but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.”
Proverbs 15:31-32.
Do we love rebuke and instructions? Do we
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have a teachable spirit? Or are we too prideful to
receive correction? I love what the Bible has got
to say in relation to this.
“Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but he who hates reproof is stupid.” (Proverbs
12:1)
Selah.
“Life is a sum of all your choices”– is a quote
by Albert Camus. I think it is true to a certain
extent.
We start with God (saved, redeemed) -- Yeay!
What about the choices that we make after we
receive Christ? Are we still walking, being led
and guided by Him? Do we allow Him to shape
us? Are we still willing to trust and obey God
when He leads us to “new territory” – something
that we don’t like to do or don’t want to go?
The choices that we make in life do determine
where we will go in life, whether we will be in
God’s will or not.
This Potter’s Hand song reminds us to have
an open heart and willingness for God to take,
mould, use, fill, call, guide, lead, and walk with
us – and in surrendering our life to the Potter’s
hand.
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