I've been giving a great deal of thought to what I'm reading in Ephesians these days. Isn't it interesting how the apostle Paul spends the early parts of the letter describing who we are in Christ, contrasting it with what we were before knowing Him? Then, in the last half of the epistle, the author then talks about how knowing these things should affect how we live our lives.

This has spurred my thinking a bit on how crucial it is to have an accurate concept of who you are, because the inward view you have of yourself will have outward manifestations. I'm currently field-testing this theory by observation of human nature, but from what I already have seen, it will bear itself true.