Contemplative Bible Reading

Ephesians 5:8-9 (New Living Translation)

8 For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! 9 For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.

Paul is writing to the Christians in Ephesus. He is writing about the change that has overcome them by following God, i.e., the Lord. Paul explains one part of this change by writing about light. It is like a light from the Lord has replaced the darkness that used to be in in them.

“Live as people of light,” Paul encourages. The light is in you, live like it.

And here is the bonus. That light within people produces only what is good and right and true. Let’s consider that for a moment. The Lord has put something in me that produces good and right and true. I don’t have to work and study and try for years to achieve that. It is there. God put it there. I just have to get out of the way and let it be. It is like standing aside so a light shines. Just stand to the side. Simple, but somehow I mess it up. God, help me in my unbelief.