Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a Lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105)
February 25 2026
Text: Ephesians 1:1
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus…”
One of the challenges in the Christian faith is to get believers to stop thinking of themselves as just sinners. When Christians sin, they fall back on the default statement that “I can’t help it, I am just a sinner.” That’s not true…anymore. Before you were born again, we were a sinner, dead in your sin, completely incapable of doing anything for God. But when you were born again, your identity changed. Your old nature was cut away (Colossians 2:11, 13) and you became a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). Furthermore, you were set free from the power of sin, which means you do not have to sin anymore (Romans 6:6-7).
Our text for today, from Ephesians 1:1 identifies Christians as “saints”. In the history of the Church, the tag “saint” was reserved for those who were Canonized by the Church after their death. For example, Francis of Assisi was canonized by the Pope in 1226 and is now known as St. Francis of Assisi. That is not what Paul is saying about Christians. All believers are “saints”. The word saint means holy, which means set apart. When we were born again, we became saints because we were set apart in Christ.
The reality is, we are no longer sinners by nature, because by being saved in Christ we are now saints who sometimes sin. Jesus tells us to be holy; to live like we are in Christ. And to that end we die to self daily, so that our old nature remains dead and we remain alive in Christ.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank you for our new identity in Christ that means we are no longer sinners by nature but saints who sometimes sin. Holy Spirit, empower me today to not live according to my old sinful nature, but according to my new identity as a Saint in Jesus Christ. In His name I pray. Amen.