Daily Devotional Podcast. Follow along with blog post.
"It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This signet from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life. That’s why, when I heard of the solid trust you have in the Master Jesus and your outpouring of love to all the followers of Jesus, I couldn’t stop thanking God for you—every time I prayed, I’d think of you and give thanks. But I do more than thank. I ask—ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength!"
That was Paul talking to the saints in Ephesians 1:13-19, in which he was encouraging the saints to stand on the plans the Lord had for them. He was encouraging them to remain strong in the Lord and reminding them of the blessings and attributes they had in the Lord, freedom being one of them. And guess what? Those words from Paul, still apply today. They apply to you and they apply to me. So, we have much to be thankful for, don't we? We will get what God planned.
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