“In light of all this, here’s what I want you to do. While I’m locked up here, a prisoner for the Master, I want you to get out there and walk—better yet, run!—on the road God called you to travel. I don’t want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don’t want anyone strolling off, down some path that goes nowhere. And mark that you do this with humility and discipline—not in fits and starts, but steadily, pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love, alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.”
Ephesians 4:1-3 MSG – A verse of the day from the Bible presented in Eugene Peterson’s contemporary version called The Message. Accompanied by a personal reflection below.
It’s not easy trying to work with people all the time. Especially when you aren’t appreciated or recognized, or when you’re taken for granted. But here’s Paul writing to the early Christians in Ephesus telling them to walk the Christian faith not in “fits and starts” but steadily, continuously, and intentionally. May it be that we are able to put this into practice everyday.
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