Journal Entry by Jenni James
S – Scripture: Ephesians 5:8 (NLT)
For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!
O - Observation
The most obvious question that comes to my mind about this verse is how do we live as people of light? We are made up of spirit, soul and body, and every moment of every day we have the chance to choose what part of us will lead into every situation. Will we choose to lead with our soul (our mind, our will or our emotions), or lead with our bodily desires or to lead with our spirit. When we lead with our feelings, our anger or joy or sadness will determine how we act and behave, however if we lead with our spirit we take the time to commune with God about our situation, we read the word and see how it applies to our lives and we will choose how to live according to the Spirit of God.ren.
A - Application
Last night I woke in the middle of the night agitated about an extremely minor situation in my life. To be honest my emotions were way out of proportion with the situation. I couldn’t get my emotions under control, and so I gave myself a good talking to! I reminded myself that I was not to lead out of my emotions when addressing this situation that I was to lead from my spirit. I found myself relaxing, like I could take a breath. I prayed and asked the Lord how He would have me handle the situation. It is bringing a sense of consciousness into living as people of light. If I jumped in with my emotions firing and blowing it all out of proportion I would not be living as person of light. To be honest it’s an ongoing process, it’s not the first time that I have had to pull myself up and choose to live spirit first, and it certainly won’t be the last.
P - Prayer
Jesus, please help me to live as a person of light, please help me to remember to stop and choose how I will live and how I will lead, bring me more and more into your image. Amen.