As I was memorizing Ephesians 5:11, my mind kept thinking about fellowship. Years ago I read this definition of fellowship. Two fellows in a boat, rowing together, to reach the same shore. Fellowship is uniting in heart. It is aligning with others in purpose through building one another up. The fruit of the Spirit is evident in our words and our body language.

The verse says, “And have no fellowship with the fruitless works of darkness, but rather expose them.” The Amplified says, “…(let your lives be so in contrast as to) expose and reprove, and convict them.”

We are to be light bearers. John 3:20 says, “For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.” His light dispels darkness.

The Lord delights in true fellowship around His light.  I love Malachi 3:16. It says, “Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and meditate on His name.”