WATCH YOUR STEP

Ephesians 5:16-17 MSG So watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times!  Don’t live carelessly, unthinkingly. Make sure you understand what the Master wants. 

When I was little we were walking through a field of cows but wasn’t watching where I was going and ended up stepping in something unmentionable! I was not popular all the way home!🫢

This photo reminded me that we all need to watch our step, to watch where we’re going, and let the Lord direct our steps. If we’re a bit impulsive by nature we can jump into things without asking Him first, and think about it afterwards, which doesn’t always work out too well!😊

God has given us His Holy Spirit though, and He is our Counsellor if we listen to His advice.  

James 1:5 NLT If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. Paul goes further and says He has given us the mind of Christ, but we have to be listening in order to hear what He wants us to do. 

We know we find out God’s thoughts from His word and it sometimes goes against the grain of what we want to do, or our world culture. Paul reminds us not to be conformed to this world but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, and the way we do that is to allow scripture to change our thinking.

When we’re thinking negatively we’re hearing the wrong voice because the Holy Spirit won’t pull us down, He’ll encourage and build us up. He may well show us where we’re going wrong so we can put it right, but His job is not to condemn or punish the believer. Instead He will remind us of our righteousness in Christ before God, that He loves us unconditionally, that we’re forgiven and blessed by Him.

So next time we’re about to take a step, Lord help us remember to check it first with the Holy Spirit our Counsellor, and with Your Word, and we’ll know by the inner witness of peace when it’s ok to walk on and Your hand of blessing will be on it, to take us to new levels and places we never thought possible. In Jesus name. Amen. 

Photo by Max Bender on Unsplash