Five Steps to Walk in Wisdom

Have you ever wondered why clocks run clockwise?

Before there were clocks, there were sundials.

In the northern hemisphere,

the shadows on the sundial rotate

in the direction we now call clockwise,

and the hands of the clock mimic

the natural movements of the sun.

So too our lives should imitate the Son of God.

Eph. 5:14-20

Today I would like to look at walking wisely as a Child of the Light

Elvis sang a Song that said

Wise men say Only Fools Rush in

and with the truth of that verse we find many rushing into

different things without consulting the Lord

You Walk in Alertness (Vs. 14-16)

Be alert to Opportunities

Opportunities to:

do good

minister to needs

to witness

If not alert we will miss

Vs. 14

Church Gets the light of heaven

She is not to lie still

as if She were asleep or dead

But is to be active

Making use of Her light

Illuminating the World.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Henry David Thoreau

Vs. 15

Circumspect- careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences- Webster

Where full consideration is given to all that you do to see if it is truly what God would have you to do

If you allot your day and say, "I am going to give so much time to this, and so much to that," and God's providence upsets your timetable, what becomes of your spirituality?

Oswald Chambers (1874 1917)

Vs. 16

Idea of a merchant

who knowing the value of an article

and the good use he can put it

Buys it up.

The opportunity is that of spreading the Light to those around them and acting according to it

Because the days are evil-

Because of the evil which is growing

And needs the light

Can be proven even today.

You not only walk in alertness but...

You Walk in Obedience to God (Vs. 17)

Be Obedient to God

Wherefore- Because you are Children of Light

because light is so valuable

Because all that you do deserves your extreme caution

Be Ye not Unwise or senseless

Understanding- both knowing and lying to heart

Matthew 13:19 NASB95

“When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

Understand it not or does not consider or ponder

Not how will I benefit

But what is God’s will for my life

We must realized that not we but God knows best.

You not only walk in alertness and obedience but...

You Walk a Life Open to the Spirit(Vs. 18)

Drunkenness as a work of darkness

Leads to acting unwisely

Paul has the social aspect of drunkeness in mind

the idea of the false high spirits it can project

When truly it is a depressant

But be filled with the Spirit

Instead of turning to the false to cheer you

turn to the Holy Spirit

Who truly can cheer you

To live wisely we must be filled with the Holy Spirit

One can live two types of lives

The Sin Controlled life vs The Spirit controlled Life

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You not only walk in alertness, obedience, and openness but...

You Walk Willing to Worship with One Another(Vs. 19)

The idea of Social gathering

Wherever and whenever you come together do so in an attitude of worship

Matthew 18:20 NASB95

“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

Every time we use to get together at Grandma’s House

Music can lift the heart

in the war we would sing

You not only walk in alertness, obedience, openness, and willingness but...

You Walk Thankful to God(Vs. 20)

Excellent way to keep the heart in good tone

To keep up being happy

Notice it is not occasionally but always

In the name of Christ

Who is our high priest

You are to walk in alertness, obedience, openness, willingness, and thankfulness.