The World Your Soul Is Homesick For

In Ephesians 4, Paul paints a picture of a world where people tell the truth, carry one another’s burdens, speak life, and forgive freely. A world marked by “true righteousness and holiness”—not as cold religious words, but as a lived reality of deep connection, trust, and belonging.   But Paul is clear: that kind of life doesn’t happen by accident. It requires putting off the old ways that hollow us out and putting on a new way of being—one shaped by Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and formed over time through renewed thinking.   This passage isn’t a list of rules. It’s a map back home. And the invitation is simple: What is one thing you need to put off? And what is the Spirit inviting you to put on? Because the world your soul is homesick for… is the very life God is forming in you right now.