7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power.
From the point of Paul's Demascus Road encounter with Christ to the point that He was penning this letter to the Ephesians some 30 to 40 years had elapsed. So when Paul says that he became a servant of the gospel it was something that occured over the majority of his adult lifetime. We become the person that God has designed us to be as we refine out of our lives the selfish issues and sins that hinder our growth in Christ. We are all a work in progress the question is are we truly, actively at work in the process? So if you are a Christian for say, 10 years, have you been walking with the Lord, learning and growing, changing and developing continually for ten years or have you been learning the same lessons of the first year or two over and over for ten years? There is a ginormous difference. Let's examine ourselves and be honest, I think for most of us we have a bit of both, some things we have grown out of and others are still with us and we tend to get into a comfort zone of making amends with being what I call "holy enough"- better than who I was but not perfect yet. I would like to challenge us to take it up a notch and seek him for victory over the things that easily beset our progress.
APPLICATION
To seek him for victory over the things that easily beset our progress and resolve to tackle it.
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One of the most effective ways to allow the Word of God to affect your life is to study it inductively. That is what this blog is all about. Typically one verse per day will be mined for insight and then followed up with how I plan to implement that insight practically. My prayer is that in some way you find this useful in your journey and that it may impact you positively. -G
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