Today's Passage - Ephesians 5:15-17

River of Life Christian Church ︳www.rolcc.net/english Ephesians 5:15-17   "Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is." The wisdom mentioned here is not the worldly one, but the spiritual one. In 1 Corinthians Chapter 1, Paul pointed out that the biggest difference between believers and non-believers is that they have different kinds of wisdom. Worldly people cannot understand spiritual things for their lack of spiritual wisdom. Only the spiritual people search all things, because the Spirit provides teaching and guidance from within. A person with the spiritual wisdom knows how to make the most of every opportunity and knows God's will.     Grace from God will always become richer and richer. However, the time He gives us is getting less and less. If we don't know God's plan for us, we will waste the time He gives us. Eventually we will be overwhelmed with the world, and our lives will get harder and harder. We will need to spend most of our time, energy and money to barely keep our complicated lifestyle. Eventually, when God calls on us to "seek first His kingdom and His righteousness", we will find ourselves with no time or energy to live for Him. I am not trying to ask any of you to quit your jobs and go back to the simple life in the old days. However, do we really know what kind of role God asks us to play in this wicked world? Do we really know how to dedicate our skills developed over the years to God? Each and every gift, talent and skill God has blessed us with is directly involved in the expansion of God's Kingdom. May God provide us with wisdom so that we can see the mission He gives us and run forward with all our might.     In the book "Don't you gloat, Death", En-Pei Su described her life like this: "During the borrowed time, I have been motivated by a kind of urgency. I don't want to simply relax. I can't allow time to pass by in vain." En-Pei Su uniquely treated the time as "borrowed". This kind of paradigm has been the motivation for her ministry. Actually, isn't our time borrowed from God? Who knows when God will end our ministry in this world? During this borrowed time, don't we have to really seek God's will and make the most of every opportunity to live for Him? May God help us to do so from now on!                                                                                   Pray with Pastor Tong           Lord, thank you for giving us a new day everyday, which is the time borrowed from you. May you be our motivation so we don't waste our lives every day. Rather, we can know your will and follow your will. May you anoint us with the spiritual wisdom. We thank you and we pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!