Mark spoke this morning on Eph 1:1-8, reminding us that our job is to find God’s will for our lives and live that out. We are blessed ultimately because we are chosen, adopted and accepted by God – a triple blessing!
Eph 1:4 reminds us that we were chosen by God before the foundation of the world. God’s blessings are already there for us; we simply have to enter into them. His purpose is for us to be holy and blameless in His sight. Not only are we adopted into His family, but He predestined us for adoption, giving us the full rights of children. We are joint heirs with Christ and known by God’s name. We are taught to pray to ‘our Father’, indicating the blessing of being part of God’s family.
We are accepted totally by Jesus, in whom we have redemption through His blood which covers us with His righteousness. Being accepted just as we are by a holy God is an amazing blessing. His grace covers all our sin and allows us to stand before a righteous God as though we had never sinned. Such blessings and many more are ours through Jesus Christ our Lord.
