The Downfall of Thoughtlessness (Ephesians 5:17-18)
Don't act thoughtlessly, but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, let the Holy Spirit fill and control you. The downfall of thoughtlessness, it's rapid in today's world. People speak words they don't even understand because if they did and if the understood the impact they have around them they would care more about them than the clothes they wear. Words can be building bricks or they can be throwing bricks. We seem to use them most often to throw at people. Let's build, shall we? What is in a word? Either thoughtfulness or thoughtlessness. We come out of thoughtlessness to understanding when we stand on God's guidelines which are the foundations of a restful and trusting faith. Peace is always a good guide into understanding God's will. Does it give you and the people around you 'peace', true peace. Now thoughtlessness here can progress into drunkenness....