Every Spiritual Blessing

Ephesians 1.3-14

We live our lives under the Lordship of Jesus the King. We structure our lives and define our priorities based on that fact. We want to bring glory to God through our life choices. We know that all our blessings are from God and that He has showered on us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ (Ephesians 1:3). In fact, God has loved us and chosen us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes (Ephesians 1:4). What a marvelous thing. We are holy. We are righteous. We are without fault. We're perfect. It can't get any better. But we can understand more completely right? God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do and it gave Him great pleasure (Ephesians 1:5). Did you ever stop and think about that? God loved you, and so with great pleasure He chose to bring you into His family -the family of God. He is so rich in kindness and grace that He purchased our freedom with the blood of His Son and forgave our sins. He has showered His kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding (Ephesians 1:7). Wow. Just wow! What a God. What a love. What a gift to us. So we give our lives as a spiritual sacrifice. We seek Him. We humble ourselves before Him. We seek His mercy, His power, His nature. We want to bring Him glory and honour. We repent from our sins -our shortcomings. We commit to sharing our knowledge of Him; our faith in Him; our dependence on Him. We are His ambassadors. He is making his appeal through us. We are the means through which the world will know our God; our King; the Saviour. Let's encourage one another. Let's serve one another. Let's spend more time in each others lives. Let's share life on life. Let's open up to our friends and neighbours. Let's show them what love is like. It's time to share the beauty of our God. The marvellous blessings we have in Christ.

Let's Follow, Disciple, Share

Mike Toohey