Walk in Love

Eph 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Eph 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Paul addressing the church at Ephesus encouraged the Christians in Ephesus to be followers of God, as dear children.  In the midst of a society which worshiped false god.  Paul, by inspiration, tells the believers to be followers of God.  There is only one true God and Paul declares him to be Jehovah.  Paul tells the believers to follow God as dear children.  When we think of a child following their dad we have a picture of total trust.  The child knows that they can trust their father from experience.  The child knows the father only has their best interests in mind.  The child loves their father and delights in walking and talking with him.  We need to treat our heavenly Father just like a child treats their earthly father.  Our trust should be a simple trusting faith.  It should be total trusting that God will only do that which is best for us.  We should delight in spending timing walking and talking with our heavenly Father.

In verse two we see that we are to walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us.  We are to take the love that Christ demonstrated toward us and share the love of Christ with others.  The love of Christ as demonstrated at Calvary provided the means for our salvation.  The greatest love that we can demonstrate is to share that same message with others.  The Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Jesus gave Himself as an offering and a sacrifice.  His sacrifice was a sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour to God.  Let us give our lives in service to Christ as a willing sacrifice that our service for Christ might be a sweet-smelling savour to God.