Created For His Praise? When I read the passage for today, I was somewhat detached from the excitement you hear in Paul's writing. vs. 3 "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ." Then, after reading it a second time, now with a heart focus rather than an academic focus, the Lord opened my eyes to observe the source of Paul's joy and excitement. Notice how every mention of "us", meaning you and me, there's a direct link or connection to God/Jesus or something only He can do. This was humbling and thrilling. vs 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
So, if you can find "us" in the grand picture of creation, you find God making the way for us to be there. No wonder Paul was so excited and said, "did this so we would praise and glorify him."
So, if you can find "us" in the grand picture of creation, you find God making the way for us to be there. No wonder Paul was so excited and said, "did this so we would praise and glorify him."
Truly, we were created to praise God. You can find yourself mentioned in scripture! You're spoken and accounted for because God put you there by His fore-thought, love and grace. Do you put yourself out of it? Do you work against your created purpose of praise? "Our future doesn't depend on our faithfulness but on His, who saved us by grace in order that we might show His glories forevermore."
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