{"id":7182,"date":"2022-06-07T09:37:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T14:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/?p=7182"},"modified":"2022-06-07T09:39:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T14:39:01","slug":"the-full-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/the-full-life-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Full Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“So be careful how you live. Don\u2019t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don\u2019t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don\u2019t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts. And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:15-20, NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ever since God gave the Ten Commandments, some have been tempted to think he enjoys making people miserable and taking away their happiness by denying them earthly pleasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is, God wants to give us something much better. But in order for us to receive it, we need to clear some room in our lives. Often, that means getting rid of sins or bad habits that are using up the space God wants to claim. Instead of filling our lives with sexual immorality, impurity, greed, and obscene stories (Ephesians 5:3-4), God wants us to be full of thankfulness. Instead of drunkenness (5:18), God wants us to be filled with the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Suppose you\u2019re walking along the beach and find an old treasure chest. But when you pry it open, it\u2019s full of sand, not gold coins. Now suppose someone else comes along and offers to give you as much gold as you can fit into the chest. Sounds great, right? Except for one problem: The chest is already full. In order to accept the gold, you\u2019d have to dump out the sand. You\u2019d need to make as much room as possible for the more valuable treasure. Unless you get rid of the sand, the chest will never hold anything of value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same goes for the sins in our lives\u2014the sand in the treasure chest. They may provide temporary pleasure, but they won\u2019t deliver lasting fulfillment. Sexual promiscuity may provide an immediate thrill, but the long-term results are catastrophic\u2014it will never provide real happiness. On the other hand, true love for another person and for God can fill us up to overflowing. Drunkenness provides a temporary giddiness or forgetfulness, but it\u2019s nothing like the true peace and joy that come from knowing and loving God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s our choice. We can fill up our lives with whatever silly or sinful things we choose, or we can let God fill us up with the things that will bring ultimate fulfillment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“So be careful how you live. Don\u2019t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don\u2019t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don\u2019t be drunk with wine, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":7184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[91,4,15,22],"tags":[398,396,397,399],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7192,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182\/revisions\/7192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}