Sat.’s Devo - Walk in Love

Read Is. 51:1-53:12; Eph. 5:1-33; Ps. 69:19-36; Pr. 24:7 Today’s reading is one of hope. God calls Israel to remember their roots. They were called out of the seed of Abraham and salvation is coming. One day everything they went through will make sense and be rewarded. Faith is what saved them then and what still saves us today. They had faith looking forward for the Messiah, we have faith looking back at the Messiah. It is all the same. Faith is what saves us. We are still looking forward to the Messiah to come again. Isaiah 53 is probably the best Old Testament prophecy about Jesus’ first coming. I wonder what they thought about this scripture since they seemed to be thinking the Messiah would be a king and not a suffering servant. We could sum up the whole chapter of Ephesians and the New Testament in what Paul says in Ephesians 2: “Walk in love.” If we walk in Christ’s love then we wouldn’t want to do lewd acts or participate with sinners. Our righteousness would shine and we would be children of light. We would desire to be wise and walk in the Spirit. Paul even gives a description of a person who walks in the spirit. They speak the Word, sing the Word, pray and praise God with their lips. They are thankful for all things. If we walk in love then we can submit to our husbands and honor them as our spiritual head. Husbands can love their wives as Christ loves the church. Lord, help us to walk in Your love today.