The Goodness of God

Let's read Ephesians 1:3-14:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth -- in Him, in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

This passage is food for my soul; it fills me to overflowing with the information that God is good, and out of His goodness He blesses me! I think that we should all read it a couple more times. Notice how God uses Paul, the writer of this epistle, to reveal to us the work of the Trinity. He tells us that the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, because He wanted to and it pleased Him, blessed us using His possessions in Heaven. He decided to make us His daughters through His Son Jesus. He planned this from the beginning of time, and at just the right time, He executed His plan. Then, He sealed His plan by giving us the Holy Spirit, his special mark that proves we are recipients of His blessings. The Holy Spirit is also a sign of the promise, a guarantee, that we will receive in the future the foretold blessings.

Why did the Maker of the Universe do this? He did it because He is good, and because He loves us beyond measure.

So, meditate on these things over the weekend.

Love, Karen