Ephesians Lesson 2/Day 8

A man let a newlywed couple stay in his mountain cabin for their honeymoon. It was a crisp winter evening and the couple fresh from their wedding were excited to snuggle into the warm, cozy cabin and begin their new life together. They arrived after a long day and a longer drive and went straight to the bedroom, but the cabin was so cold that they spent their evening together huddled and shivering in thick flannel pajamas, under heavy wool blankets, too tired and too freezing cold to do anything else, and no amount of shivering or blankets could warm them enough. The next morning the host came by to bring them a bottle of champagne and a delicious breakfast and was shocked to find the still shivering couple wrapped in layers of blankets. In the dark they had missed that the cabin windows were open and the heater was not on. Instead of enjoying the blessings of a cozy warm cabin they had spent the night unnecessarily cold and uncomfortable. Like this couple who missed out on the blessing of what would have been warm and wonderful evening, those who reject Christ and rely on their own efforts will never find satisfaction – worse, they will remain children of wrath. When Paul wrote this letter, his prayer was that we would know “the hope, riches, and power” of our life in Christ. As he wrote in Romans, he was devastated at the thought that his fellow Jews were not coming to Christ. They had the “covenants of promise” but they would not receive the blessing of it because they rejected the one who could save them – Jesus. Today, we could be in the same jeopardy. So confident in our own good works, so satisfied in our own efforts, that we do not accept the gift of God. Instead, I pray that you have accepted the gift of salvation and are happily experiencing the joy of life in Christ.

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