“I . . . beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called” (Ephesians 4:1).

I have been called to life in Jesus. Now I must live in a way that fits that vocation, that calling.

Interestingly, verses two and three add to the thought and context, stressing some character traits that fit my calling in Jesus: lowliness, meekness, longsuffering, forbearance, love, unity.

Living a life fitting of Jesus could not be more unnatural to me. But that’s OK. I’m heartened again by verse 7:

“But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.”

By His grace I can “walk worthy” — live a life that fits.

Speaking of grace, as I noted yesterday, I can be a channel of grace to others. This concept comes through again in verse 29:

“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”

By my speech I can build up others so that they too may walk worthy of their calling in Jesus.

I don’t do that much. 🙁

Grace — God’s will and power for me, working in my life to do His pleasure.

I like that. God’s will and power for me!

I need that. I want that. How else shall I live? How else shall I succeed and prosper and mature? How else shall I find joy, contentment, and peace?

And how else shall I serve those about me?

That’s right — it isn’t just about me.

“If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to youward” (Ephesians 3:2).

That strikes me this morning.

God gives His grace to me in order to channel it to another.

Thus, my experience of God’s grace leads to another’s experience of God’s grace.

Or it should, anyway, for that is His intent.