Ephesians 4:14 - Blown Away

A white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel kept my car moving in a straight line. High winds buffeted the vehicle, trying to knock it off course.

Most of the corn fields on either side of the road had recently been harvested. All that was left was stubble and a few random corn leaves. The wind whipped the leaves off the field on one side of me. They danced in the air, hopping in front of the windshield and skipping on to the next field. 

It reminded me of a Ephesians 4:
"Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth." (Ephesians 4:14, New Living Translation, 2015)

We can easily become corn leaves--tossed back and forth by whatever wind catches us: the most sensational headline, the noisiest Face Book posting, the tastiest piece of gossip. Unfortunately, it includes "spiritual winds" that "sound like the truth" but whisk people into a swirling mixture of truth and lies.

Leaves attached to a corn plant aren't blown all over the countryside. Being joined to Christ keeps us from being blown around as well. Jesus used a similar metaphor from grape vines...
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me." (John 15:4, NLT)

Father, Guard us from being disconnected. Shelter us from winds that could send us helter-skelter, back and forth. Keep us grounded in the truth of Christ, next to His loving heart. In His name we pray, Amen.

See also: James 1:6, Colossians 2:19