Ephesians 1:13-14 … And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own, by giving you the Holy Spirit whom he promised long ago. The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.
It’s easy to trundle through life sometimes and forget who we are and what God has done. We have our breakfast, go busily through our day then fall into bed at night and if we’re not careful we can take it all for granted.
When God delivered the Israelites from the Egyptians, defeated all their enemies, and brought them into the promised land you would have thought they would have been overwhelmingly grateful. Instead they made two golden calves and said they did it all and worshipped them, instead of the God who saved them! What an insult and offence to God!
In a similar way God has delivered us from an eternity in Hell and taken us out of the devil’s kingdom and control, defeated all our enemies at the cross, forgiven us, made us righteous, made provision for our here and now, and has told us our inheritance is waiting for us beyond this life, all because of Jesus. His provision and blessings are too many to count aren’t they?😊
Our verses remind us God has provided for us not just for this life, but into eternity, into infinity and beyond!
He has made us His very own people, wrapped us in His love, and even identified us as His own by giving us His Holy Spirit. God is overwhelmingly good to us, isn’t He?
I don’t know about you but I don’t want to be like the ungrateful Israelites! I want to acknowledge it’s all from God, to praise and glorify Him for His amazing grace and goodness, for giving us a hope and a future even though we never deserved any of it. Our God is worthy of all our praise!
Have a blessed weekend.x
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