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Walking through Ephesians - Day 114

versebyverse | March 12, 2008 21:00

Thought: To me, much of our living can become wasted if we don't focus on daily opportunities and seize them for good.

Question: Have I considered how much possible evil a day may hold?

Scripture: Ephesians 5:16 (NIV): "making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil."

As we walk through life we begin to realize just how stuffed a day, an hour, is with opportunity. We also learn that there is much danger out there--at every turn. "The days are evil" is, to me, a statement that reveals this truth: there are manifold chances to sin. In which direction will my choice of the moment take me? Our recent discussion of light implies that the darkness of the days of evil is apparent. We need to almost will the "light" into place instead. This "willing" of "light" becomes the wise choice spoken of in verse 15.

So Paul urges us to "make the most of every opportunity"; every opportunity to be wise, that is, and outnumber the moments of evil with choices for good. This verse makes us aware of these opportunities--the opportunities we may normally miss. It's as though God is asking us to walk every step of the day with a prayer on our lips to find good, do good and be good.

Prayer: Almighty Father, sharpen my awareness of opportunities to do good in each day. Enable me to make the most of them for Your glory. Amen.