Once we surrender our pride and rebellion to God, and
trust in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we are accepted as His beloved
Saints (Ephesians
4:12). We are a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17), united in Spirit as one Body with Christ (1 Corinthians 6:17, 12:27).
Complete in Christ, we have need of nothing (Colossians 2:9-10; Philippians 4:13). God
adopted us into His family, and accepts us as His dearly loved children (Ephesians 1:3-8; John 1:12).
Jesus bought us with His blood and our life now belongs to
God (1 Corinthians
6:19-20). Redeemed from the law of sin and death, we are forgiven all of
our sins (Colossians
1:13-14). We are hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3), having direct access to
God’s throne in any time of need (Hebrews 4:14-16). God welcomes us in His beloved family (Ephesians 1:6). Jesus
is both our brother and our friend (John 15:15; Proverbs 18:24).
God anoints us to work in His service during our lifetime,
seals us with His Spirit and establishes our place in heaven (2 Corinthians 1:21-22;
Ephesians 2:20). We no longer live a lifestyle of willful sin and
deprivation because Jesus lives within us (1 John 3:9). Jesus justified us by His death
and renewed us by His resurrection (Romans 5:1; Titus 3:5). We are the apple of God’s eye (Zechariah 2:8).
God gives us power, love and a sound mind to dispel any
fear, which Satan tried to inflict on us (2 Timothy 1:7). Now, as we walk in the
Spirit, we no longer fulfill the lusts of our dead, carnal flesh (Galatians 5:16,25).
God’s Spirit replaces our former unregenerate nature with God’s divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). We are
secure in Christ’s love for us, and seated with Jesus in the Heavenly realm,
even now (Ephesians
2:6).
Prayer:
Father God, You chose us as branches on the true vine of
Christ. We bear the fruit given to us by our connection to You (John 15:5,16). We are
also your temple, and You abide in the spirit of each authentic Believer (1 Corinthians 3:16). You
raised us up to minister Your reconciliation to the lost and dying world around
us (2 Corinthians
5:17-21). We can confidently approach Your throne day or night for any
need we may have (Ephesians
3:12). Thank You for Your timeless love and grace.
Thought for the
Day:
We are God’s Workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do
the works He preordained for us to accomplish. – Ephesians 2:10
