FAITH CAPSULE: Celebrate the love of God and work the works of God.

EPHESIANS 5:1-21 

Live acknowledging the birth of our Lord and Savior by celebrating Him. 
However, celebration is not enough when living life as an unbelieving believer. 
Those who receive and believe in Jesus are the rightful children of God. The book of John 1:12 buttress, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.” 
Are you a believing believer or an unbelieving believer? 
Do not only engage in celebration but do right by accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior. 
Jesus asked, “…What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God that you believe in Him whom He sent.” (John 6:28-29)
Working the works of God requires living for God as a believer. 
To believe in Him is to be taking the steps of Jesus when He was here on the face of the earth. 
Taking steps like Him will require walking the walks that he walked. 
The apostle Paul also confirmed the word of Jesus by stating, “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” (Ephesians 5:1-2) 
Walking the walk is a labor that determination cannot bring to pass. Walking the walk will only prevail by the grace of God in the life of the one who desires it. 
Walking the walk is a labor that determination cannot bring to pass. Walking the walk will only prevail by the grace of God in the life of the one who desires it. 
Apostle Paul stated in Ephesians 5:15-17, “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” 
Walk carefully, watchful in every step of life. 
Being watchful is knowing that the days are evil and the evil one is ready to devour any careless walker. 
Walking as a fool is taking steps out of line for God. 
Psalm 14:1, “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God…” 
As a believer, knowing to walk and not walk as the word calls for is the same as saying there is no God. 
Walking in wisdom is a way of saying there is God, the evidence of the indwelling of the Spirit of God. 
What does it take to become filled with the Spirit of God? 
Ephesians 5:18-20, “And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,”
Celebrate the love of God and work the works of God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the enablement to work His work.