Someone has described Ephesians
4:30-5:2 as the most tender, loving, and sweet passage
to be found upon the pages of Holy Scripture. I am inclined to agree. In these
verses of Scripture, Paul gives us four tender admonitions which ought to
govern our lives. It would be well for us to commit these verses to memory, and
pray that God will enable us to put them into practice.
5:1 - "Be
ye therefore followers of God as dear children.'' Enable me, my God,
to obey you as eagerly as a loving child would obey his father, without
question or delay.
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 sweet-smelling savor." Dear Savior, cause
me to follow your example of love, that my life may be
to God a constantly sweet-smelling sacrifice of love.