Carefully Determine What Pleases the Lord!

Ecclesiastes 10; Ecclesiastes 11; Ecclesiastes 12; Psalm 94; Ephesians 5
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Scripture

Ephesians 5

1 Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. 2 Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.

10 Carefully determine what pleases the Lord.

15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.

16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.

Observation

God is our heavenly Father for those of us that have been adopted into His family by trusting in Christ as our Lord and our Savior and we should please Him by being obedient children.

“Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.” How do we imitate God? We imitate God by following the example of Christ, in other words, by being Christ-like!

The example of Christ was a life of self-sacrifice, and a life that was ultimately sacrificed for us. He never did something just for Himself. He never did like many of us do when we say, “I am going to do this for myself because I deserve it.” The model of love that Christ showed us was a self-less love and that is the example we are to follow

Application

I will carefully determine what pleases the Lord and focus on doing it.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank you for showing us how we are to live in this world by sending Christ to show us. Give me the kind of heart that is needed to follow Christ’s example. Help me to love people like You want me to love them. Help me make the most of every opportunity and not miss the chance to be like You.

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