Then and Now

DEVOTION
EPHESIANS
THEN AND NOW
Eph 4:17-19
17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
NIV
Boy, am I glad my thinking is not futile. I sure am grateful my understanding is not darkened either because I absolutely do not ever what to be separated from the life of God. If it is one thing I for such do not want to be is ignorant regarding God and his Word because in being so, I do believe it would be rather easy to have a hardened heart. If I am not in the Word every day, if I am not meditating on the Word every day, if I am not consent with being in true with the Word I do believe it would not be long and my heart would begin to harden. I cannot hide from myself the simple fact I could revert back to the old ways if it were not for the Word of God in my life. But it is and I have no fear of going back to the old ways. I stay in the Word so my thinking is not futile but fruitful instead. I stay in the Word so I do not live like the gentiles, the unbelievers live, but I live as a believer, having faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God for not only my salvation but for every aspect of my life. My understanding is not darkened but it is enlightened because the Holy Spirit has leads me into all truth. I absolutely not ignorant about God but rather knowing about him and thus I am not separated from God but instead am seated at his right hand with Christ Jesus. So then can I also say I have not lost all sensitivity? Yes I can, because I am sensitive to God working in my life, nudging me on, keeping me safe. It would not be difficult if it were not for God to indulge in those types of activities. I think in the basic makeup of all mankind, we all have those capabilities and when we stand alone without God we lose. I would be in that position if it were not for Him. Thank you Lord! I once was then, but I am now.