How do you go through your days? Does it feel as though you are meandering through them? Do you sometimes feel like you are walking through a fog that is unrelenting? Do you have times of clarity and times of confusion? Would you prefer to walk in the light?
We can get so wrapped up in the busyness of our daily lives that it seems like we are walking through a dense fog. We trudge from one task to the next. We only see the next thing on our schedule. In our stupor, we miss the larger picture, we cannot see with clarity.
The Apostle Paul tells the church in Thessalonica that they are children of light. They are to remain in the light, walking in the day rather than the darkness of night. He warns them not to go back to walking around in a stupor, not to go back to the fog. As we might interpret Paul’s encouragement, the light is walking in Christ while the darkness is walking without Him. He uses the metaphor of putting on protective armor to shield themselves from their culture’s attacks.
We can, and should, apply Paul’s encouragement and advice ourselves. Rather than allowing our culture to overwhelm us with the fog of busyness, falseness, and distractions, we should remain awake, alert, and live with clarity. Living our lives in Christ is more than attending worship services on Sunday morning. It is reading, studying, and understanding the truth of God. It is with his truth that provides us the steady foundation and sheds the light so we can walk with confidence and clarity.
I pray we all understand and believe we are children of light. I pray we step out of darkness and fog to walk in the light. I pray each one of us puts on the armor of God to shield us from cultural attacks. You are a child of light. Step out of the darkness. Put on the armor of God. Live fully in Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober, for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
