A Weekly Devotional – Reflections – Personal Meditation

A Weekly Devotional – Reflections – Personal Meditation

Comment: Ever notice that when we are in church or involved with some Christian event that we all act like ‘children of God’! I am reminded of Romans 13:14, but OUT of it’s intended purpose; “But put on the LORD Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. In our heart where we house our mind; we have various rooms in our mind and as a house, most rooms have closets, do they not? “Oh! In an hour I must be off to church, so I run to the closet of my mind and “put on the LORD Jesus”, but just for an hour since I do not want Him to get dirty, so when I return home; that is the comfort of my heart, I return to those comfort clothes I have draped over the chair and hang Jesus back in the closet! Do you get the point? Of course, the above seems a bit absurd and it is, but if Christ were a garment, this is exactly what many do.

Devotional: Whatever you set your mind on is what you are doing at this very moment! Notice again what the apostle Paul says in Colossians 3:1-3 – If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 

Christ/Messiah is coming again, He may come, even today and if He does, would our spiritual armor of Ephesians 6:10-18 be hanging in the closet along with Romans 13:14. We live in EVIL days and if you are a child of God, you know the days are evil. Going back to the passage in Romans 13, let is consider the context of verses 11-14. As said earlier, we live in evil days and it is high time “high noon” if you will! What are we doing if we are still asleep? 

With salvation from this perverse and crooked world being so close, why is it we fail to cast off the works of darkness and why is it that we put on the armor of light when the occasion is convenient. God's children ought not be found drunk and disorderly, lustful or even full of envy, and what are we doing striving emotionally with friends and neighbors?

When Christ returns for His Church, will you be ready, or will you be like the five foolish virgins of Matthew 25:1-13. Hey! The choice is yours, is it not?All of us can do better spiritually so lets get up and get moving.