Better Run!

Listen to these words:

Ephesians 4:1-3 The Message
In light of all this, here's what I want you to do. While I'm locked up here, a prisoner for the Master, I want you to get out there and walk — better yet, run! — on the road God called you to travel. I don't want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don't want anyone strolling off, down some path that goes nowhere. 2 And mark that you do this with humility and discipline — not in fits and starts, but steadily, pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love, 3 alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.

There is a sense of urgency in Paul's writing. "walk, better yet run." Don't run in any direction. There many roads that we can travel through life. Paul is specific about the road to run. It's the one that God has called you to travel. It's about choices - making right choices - pursuing God and His plan for you.

There's a sense of activity in Paul's words - Do something! "I don't want you sitting around on your hands." Don't be frozen with fear over which direction to go. If you pay attention to God's word, He will lead you down the right path. God led Noah to build an ark and Abraham to to leave his country and family to go to a land that God would show him.

Paul speaks of consistency in our relationships. "not in fits and starts, but steadily" I get tired of walking on pins and needles around some people who think they need pampering. You never know from one minute to the next how they will respond to you. You want to say, "Grow up!"

Paul finishes his discourse by telling us to recognize our differences and mend relationships. It's about love.