Walk- Part 3

 Walk- 3

August 20, 2025

Ephesians 5:15-21

15 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, 16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil. 17 So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled withthe Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

“Be careful how you walk…” and a key to how to do that is found just a bit further on in verse 18, “but be filled with the Spirit”. That reminds  me of a story from a sci-fi movie some years ago called “The Navigator”, In that story, an alien flies his spacecraft to earth,  but is stranded when he has problems with his navigation computer. He abducts this small boy intending to use his brain as his computer. It doesn’t work very well so he releases the boy, but then they become friends. The boy asks why he was released and the alien explains that he had loaded his brain with all of his celestial navigation maps, but then then his brain leaked, so he couldn’t use him. That’s the way it is with us and being filled with the Spirit. We can be completely filled one day, but the next day we leak, so we need to be filled again!

Verse 19 helps us with this problem. Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs help us to keep being filled with the Spirit. This encourages us and helps us to encourage one another. Sometimes when I’m having trouble with my walk, it helps to just sit down at the piano and play some Christian music. It’s when I forget to do that that I get myself into difficulties. If you don’t play yourself, you can put on Christian radio or look up some good music on YouTube. Also, just reading the Psalms and meditating on their message will encourage you. So do whatever it takes to be continually filled with the Spirit so that you can walk in wisdom, and continually give thanks for all things.