Morning Musings-God Bless You

    Morning Musings with the boys at breakfast...



"God bless you!"  This is one of the most often heard statements of good will.  Well, the good news is that God has indeed blessed us.  At least He has blessed those of us who are His children.  With what has He blessed us?  Ephesians 1:3-14 tells us He has blessed us "with every spiritual blessing in Christ".  

Here's a list:

                                He.....

-chose us to be holy and blameless in His sight
-predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ  (it was His pleasure and will to adopt us.  Those who have been adopted by earthly parents will be able to appreciate this chosen-ness and the pleasure and elation the adoptive parents must have felt upon getting their new child.  God had that pleasure too of choosing each and every one of us!)
-has freely given us His grace in God
-gave us redemption through the blood of Christ
-gave us forgiveness of sins
-made known to us the mystery of His will (so that He could bring all things in Heaven and Earth under one Head, that is Christ)
-chose and predestined the Ephesians to be the first to hope in Christ (this was their privilege..."the first" in their generation...nowadays we have the other blessings but this was one reserved for the early Christians and apostles...very special for them).
-chose and predestined to be the praise of His glory
-marked us with His seal--the Holy Spirit
-guarantees our inheritance until the redemption of our spirit (vs 14) and body (see also 1 Corinthians 15 and Romans 8:22-27)

What a barrel of blessings to praise God for!

                                                      ~ERC  2016~