Ephesians 5:15
15 See [blepo] then [oun] that [pos] ye walk [peripateo] circumspectly, [akribos]
not [me] as [hos] fools, [asophos] but [alla] as [hos] wise, [sophos] KJV-Interlinear
15
Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, NASB
Therefore you are to walk
circumspectly, ‘akribos,’ which means diligently, perfect, most exact.
This means that you are
to pay attention to your life, and how you live your life and that your values
and guidelines are those that you have been given by God, and not from your own
devices.
Too many people play a
pretend game with the Bible. Their focus
in on what they want people to see and hear from them, and thus they try to
impress people, rather than God, while all the while they have made themselves
believe that God is paying attention to them, when He is not.
This pretend game may
seem innocent, but the reality is that when it lasts a long time, some folks
become fanatical about their own beliefs and that usually ends up in
violence. We all saw in the news these
last couple of days, the attack that occurred in Libya, where some fanatics
committed murder in the name of the Islam god and prophet, who are both
non-existent and false.
They are certainly
classified as unwise or fools, as well as murderers. Unwise people are fools and fools can become
murderers in the name of their stupidity.
But those fanatics are
not alone in the world. Anyone who
ignores God, and doctrine, have learned nothing and are likewise classified as
unwise. That could be you.
The only way to rid yourself
of that label is to get with your spiritual life as God has defined it, and get
rid of your own shallow excuses and ways.
One of the easiest ways
out of responsibility is to do nothing.
And pursuing a course of
emotional pretense is doing nothing.
To do something, like studying
the Bible every day, is work, and that is doing something, which the vast
majority of folks do not like to do.
After all in a study you
have to do it every day, you have to listen, you have to learn, you have to
understand, you have to confess your sins, you have to memorize verses in order
to help you focus, and so forth. And
especially you have to set aside your own approbation drives, and place
yourself in a humble mental posture wherein you are willing to listen and be
taught. Many folks do not like to be
taught.
It seems far better and
certainly easier to pretend, rather than study, to talk like you know what you
are talking about, rather than listening, to act the part rather than dealing
with reality. And that is where people
get life confused.
If you have not believed
in Christ, then you have no spiritual life.
You must first believe in
Christ in order to have access to a functional spiritual life.
Then as a believer, if
you do not confess your sins daily and even regularly during the day, you have
no functioning spiritual life.
If you do not engage in a
daily study under instruction, under the authority of a qualified instructor,
then you have no direction in your spiritual life.
If you do not learn, then
you will have no understanding.
If you have no understanding
then you will have no wisdom.
If you have no wisdom then
you will have no functional faith.
If you have no legitimate
faith, then you have nothing.
If you have none of these
things then your spiritual life is unproductive. You are nothing more than a vine that does
not do what it is supposed to do, which is to be productive. And what does a good gardener do with
unproductive vines? He gets rid of them
as worthless.
The only path to wisdom,
is through a daily study, through a daily study while in fellowship, living a
daily life while in the fellowship sphere. And the result then, is spiritual maturity
and the completion of your life as God intends.
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