LIVING WORTHY.

DAILY DEVOTION.

DAY THIRTY THREE.

EPHESIANS 4:1. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called. 

In the verses prior to this Paul had been praying for the church at Ephesus that they would have the revelation of the power of the love of God, that they would know what it was to know the fullness of God's love irrespective of what situation they were in. He went on to say that as they did this that God would be able to do things way beyond what they could even ask or think and that He would be glorified. In this verse Paul is pleading with them that they would walk worthy of their calling, that their conduct and behavior would reflect the love of God, that they would continue to walk in the Spirit. The concept of walking worthy there speaks of the responsibility that we have to be aware of what Christ has done in our lives through the work of the cross, it is not walking in our own worth, it is not reliant on how we see ourselves but how God sees us in Christ, God sees us as His sons, accepted in the Beloved, accepted in Christ because of what He did on the cross. It is so important that we understand that when Jesus went to the cross He paid the full debt for us, there is nothing that we can do to earn God's love, we can't add to the worth that Christ has placed in our lives through His love. To often Christians think that we somehow have to prove our worth, to show that we are worthy of God's love, no you can't do that. It says in Romans 5:8 that God demonstrated His love towards us that while were still sinners Christ died for us. He knew you before the foundation of the world, God knew what you would do  before you even thought of it and He still loved you and placed your destiny in Christ. You were in Him when He went to the cross. It says in Ephesians 2:10 That we are His workmanship in Christ, created for the good works that God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. We are His workmanship created in Christ, we are who we are in Christ because of what Christ did on the cross and because of who He is in us, we are being transformed into His image, from glory to glory through the Spirit of the Lord. The good works are walking in His holiness, walking in such a way that we bring glory to God, fulfilling His purpose and desire for our lives. It is in this, as we walk in this that we will walk worthy of the calling that God has on our lives, that our lives will bring glory to God and we will reflect the love of Christ to those around us. AMEN.