But

Today's passage of Ephesians 5:1-10  is a total contrast while the first four verses are the death and decay of the world, verse five begins "But God" and then twelve more times He is reference (as God, Christ, He, Him or His).

Again, I am reminded that He has done the work. While verses 8-9 are ever popular, it's verse 10 that makes it clear that none are saved to sit. We are all adopted into His family to take the place on the team accomplishing His mission that He has had in mind for us all along.

I spent a long time wondering an fretting over what that is that He has for me to do. All the time I am worrying about that (read sinning - Philippians 4:6), I am not doing anything for Him. The one thing I know that I am to do is pursue an ever-deepening relationship with Him, so I am focusing on doing what I know and trusting Him to reveal the tasks He has for me in His time.