Chosen, Adopted and ready for Thrills and Action

"3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4 Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes. 5 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 1:3-5. New Living Translation

Note the word in verse 3 'every'. He has blessed us with 'every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.' These are spiritual blessings from the Holy Spirit and they include, divine privileges and resources which are available to us now. Among these are, we are chosen and adopted; forgiven and filled with the Holy Spirit with access to the fruit of the Spirit and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Because of His great love for us, our Father also blesses us with material gifts. He bestows on us, our families, our homes, marriage, financial blessings and lots, lots more.

Words fail when we attempt to describe just how much God loves each one of us. Even before He created this world, He was thinking about us. How wonderful is that? Have you ever considered it? The creator God, who was preparing to bring this world into operation, had you and me on His mind. He chose us for Himself then. People get mixed up here when we speak about being predestined. Predestination does not suggest that some are chosen and some are not. No one is excluded from being God's child and having a place in Heaven with Him one day. No, we are all chosen to be a part of His family. The thing is, some accept His invitation and sadly some don't and God gets no pleasure from seeing someone He loves - dearly, refusing to accept Him.

The thing is, it all comes down to choice and when we accept His offer of adoption, He looks at us through eyes that see no fault in us at all. No spot and no blemish. He sees no stain upon us. Yes we let Him down daily, we are weak human beings. He knows that. But as we repent - say sorry for our sin, He wraps His loving arms around us and hugs us. Shall I tell you something? When you were so far away from Jesus, lost in your sin, He watched out for you every day. He watched and waited for you to return to Him, battered and torn, bruised and rejected. And when He saw you coming back to Him, He ran to you and hugged you, tears flowing from His eyes, so grateful that His son or daughter had returned to Him. (Please read Luke 15:11-32).

It is impossible to gauge how much Your Heavenly Father loves you. It is immeasurable. He has blessed you spiritually with all you need to stay focused on Him. He has also blessed you with goodies to make your life enjoyable but He has more - much more. You are part of the blessing and God takes care of those who are blessed. Each and every day, ensure that you involve Him fully in all you do. He's exciting to have around and He wants to show you lots more about His love and character. Embrace His love; praise Him, love Him, walk with Him and make Him the central-part of your life and believe me, you'll need seat belts as He takes you off down the road of blessing, hope and glory.

Copyright 2010 Grahame Howard

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