Ephesians 4:1
1 I [ego] therefore, [oun] the prisoner [desmios] of [en] the Lord, [kurios] beseech [parakaleo] you [humas] that ye walk [peripateo] worthy [axios] of the
vocation [klesis] wherewith [hos] ye are called, [kaleo] KJV-Interlinear
1 I,
therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of
the calling with which you have been called, NASB
Therefore, and as Paul herein
states, therefore, because of the tremendous privileges and opportunities that
God has made available to each and every person, including you.
Paul is the
prisoner. And typically you think of a
prisoner as being a bad thing. But when
it is being confined to truth, driven by truth, governed by the rules of truth,
then it is a good thing. And Paul is
totally engulfed by truth.
Jesus Christ is truth and
Jesus Christ is the Lord and sovereign over all things. The God-man, the unique person of the
universe, the one who has given each one of us life and opportunity for a
phenomenal life for all of eternity.
It is we, each one of us,
who never even existed until God invented us in eternity past and included us in
His divine plan, who created us at the moment of our birth, and has sustained
us throughout our life in this world, despite all of the many enemies that
exist in life, that are bent on the destruction of humanity in general, and yet
your life has continued, because God keeps you here, having given you the
opportunity to get your act together and prepare yourself for eternity.
You, who were nothing,
and now have the opportunity to be joined with Christ as joint heir of the new
universe to come, a vast expanse that will be far better and far beyond our
ability to even begin to imagine its composition.
Because of these many
things and more, Paul beseechs you, pleads with you, warns, give fair notice,
calls you to attention, to pay attention and give yourself over to a daily
study in the very things that will decide your entire eternal future.
God has given you a
calling, a vocation, a job, a destiny, a future, one in which you cannot get
anywhere else, one in which this world cannot provide or match or compete.
Of all that exists in
your life, your first priority should be to get prepared for Gods purpose. But unfortunately too many people ignore Gods
purpose.
There is nothing wrong
with whatever is your chosen vocation, but remember that your vocation is
merely a part of the vast system of logistics that allows you to get along in
this life. And while your vocation
sustains you, you also have an obligation to prepare yourself in your spiritual
life.
God put together the
economic systems that exist in this world as a part of the vast support
mechanism called divine establishment designed to sustain life and counter the
vast evils of the world, so that you can study and learn and grow up in your
spiritual life.
And for what purpose?
To fulfill and complete
your life for all of eternity.
God holds in His two
hands two vastly different rewards. In
the one hand is a treasure of gold and jewels the size of a mountain, whose
value is beyond calculation. In the other
hand is a bucket of doggie doo-doo. Choose!
Golly, it is so difficult
to make a decision.
But unfortunately that
difficulty proves to be a huge barrier for most of the worlds population. They cannot decide, because they lack
doctrine, because they lack understanding, because they lack learning, because
they simply will not study or accept the teaching of the word of God. So they are undecided, and consequently fail
to make the right choice.
So, Paul pleads with all
who read these words.
Walk, take a proactive
approach, do that which God mandates and pursue your destiny by means of a
daily study of the Word of God. That is
your true vocation and purpose in life. All else remains in a support position
to that primary objective, responsibility and obligation.
But then, when will you
figure that out? Will you figure it out? Begin and stick with a daily study, so that
when Christ offers you your reward in hand, you will receive the better choice.
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