Walk Wisely

We live in a world today where we can get information fast. Information can come to us from tv, radio, internet, and our phone pretty much instantly as it happens.  I use google search engine to get information. I just type a subject or question in the box and "boom!" hundreds of articles or websites are available to me to look at about the subject or question. We also have people all around us telling us what to believe and how to live. But how do we know what we get is accurate and is the truth.  The key to know the truth and understand it is to walk wisely.

In reading and meditating on God's Word, the following passage has been in my mind and heart in 2010:

Ephesians 5:15-18
"See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.  Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.  And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit."

It's about walking circumspectly (which means being descreet, watchful, cautious, prudent). Not as a fool. But wise.  Ok, so a fool. None of us want to be fools. I don't. We know the days are evil. We see that watching the news and also looking around in our own community.

God's Word then says not to be unwise but understand what the will of the Lord is.  The Lord's will.  God's will for your life.  What is God's will for your life?  I don't know.  But don't you want to understand God's will? So how do you understand God's will?  The next verse of Ephesians 5 says not to be drunk with wine which is dissipition (which means a wasting, mental distration, diversion, a dissolute way of living).  Well you might not get drunk with wine but what in your life is a waste, distraction or a diversion of what you should be doing.  Instead of the waste, diversions and distractions in life, the Bible says we need to be filled with the Spirit.

You are filled with the Spirit when you are a believer in Jesus Christ. But it is more than that. It is everyday surrending to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.  It is about getting in the Bible everyday. It is about everyday communicating with God.

So what does this look like?
5 ways to grasp God's Word we call the Bible.  Not originally with me but I have changed this a little bit:
Everyday we need to-

1. Read the Bible
2. Study the Bible
3. Pray the Bible
4. Meditate on the Bible
5. Memorize the Bible

Grasp God's Word daily and you will be filled with the Holy Spirit, walk wisely and understand more God's will for your life.

So are you a fool or are you walking wisely? ouch.

More to come on the 5 ways to grasp the Bible.