A recent response to my blog and my current study in Paul's letter to the believers around Ephesus have reminded me of the importance of knowing who I am where I am. How easy it is to look around us and take our cues from what the culture thinks is important. But the opening of Paul's letter to the Ephesians reminds them that they are "in Christ" even while living in (and around) Ephesus.
Historically there have been two unbalanced responses to the truth that we are in Christ, yet we live in the world. John Stott writes, "We tend either to pursue Christ and withdraw from the world, or to become preoccupied with the world and forget that we are also in Christ."
The tension for me is to live in Christ in the world. It is a both/and, not an either/or. My identity (who I am) is in Christ. My location (where I am) is in the world. My challenge is to be who I am where I am.
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