According to one author, William Barclay, Ephesians is considered the "Queen of the Epistles." The main theme of Ephesians is the fact that unity can only be found in Christ and the one goal and ministry of the church is to reconcile the world to God (bring people back to God).
Ephesians 1 sounds pretty familiar - and sometimes we gloss over passages that sound familiar but look deeper.
-He chose us and adopted us..
Adoption - When we think about adoption today we think of orphans being adopted through a lot of paperwork. Adoption in the Roman times was a huge deal. A father would release his son/daughter and once that release happened it was a complete disconnect. Even the debt you may have owed is all cleared -- you start on a clean slate. And your new adoptive parent would bring you in as his own. You get the inheritance and enjoy every privilege of being a true son/daughter in that family. we become new people.
When we are adopted into God's family - the former life is gone and a new life begins. The debts, the regrets of the former life are all cleared and you start on a clean slate.
As Christian brothers and sisters - there is no need to bring up each others faults from the past because if God doesn't hold it against them, why should we?
How are you doing with your 30-Hours of "Being Still" and unplugging before God...
Some ideas:
-Leave your iPod or the music function on your cell phone off for this week
-Take a walk and just marvel at God's creation -- lots of trees and pollen floating around this week.
-Sit down in silence..
-As you do your homework, constantly ask yourself this question: How did God do that? How did He bring all of this together?
It doesn't mean you have to spend 30 hours doing something -- it's actually the opposite -- just unplug. If you're going to do your homework.. just do it - unplug from all the distractions.. try to just enjoy the studying part, the learning part, the part that involves amazing facts entering your wonderful brain.
If you're going to eat, enjoy it - the wonderful flavors, the conversations with family and friends..
It's really 30 hours of enjoying everything you're doing and not multitasking.
I hope you enjoy!
Just do one thing at a time... :)
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