Ephesians is a letter full of practical advice that applies to us as much as it did to the Ephesians. Chapter 4 concludes “forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you“, and chapter 5 commences “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children“. We have been forgiven by God, and so Paul encourages us to imitate God, as a child imitates their parent.
“Walk as children of light… and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.” Discipleship is not passive or blind, it is up to us to use the light of Christ’s example to see what we should be doing, and where we should be heading. “when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light… look carefully then how you walk“.
So let’s put on the whole armour of God, stand fast in our battle against sin, comparing our life to the illuminating example of Christ.