Before Creation

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy & blameless in his sight.  In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will - to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. ~ Ephesians 1:4-6

The very idea that God chose me to be part of his plan; part of his family, is astounding to me.  A daughter of the Most High King as I have been brought into the family of Christ!  We need to understand that God chose ALL of mankind to be adopted back to Him through the resurrection of his son, Jesus.  When you made the choice to follow Jesus, you accepted his invitation to be adopted back to Him for his pleasure and purpose.  We all know people who are not believers, but that was not God’s original plan.  Before the world was created, he had chosen mankind to be His, but because He is a gentleman and didn’t want to force himself on us, he gave us free-will to choose him, or not.  However, He has always longed for all of us to choose Him.  God’s heart is breaking when those He chose have made their decision to deny him and go a different way.  He wants us all.  We are God’s crowning creation and he longed for us to be with Him forever because He loves us.  I know it’s hard to believe, but God created us to be in constant companionship with Him.  When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord, we no longer have to worry as God has now stepped into our lives in relationship with us and wants to take control if we will submit to His authority and will.  We were created to be loved by God, to accept his invitation so that we could be adopted as his child and to love God by doing His will of spreading the good news everywhere so everyone would have the opportunity to come back to Him.  We are to be holy, or “set apart” and live in such a way that is pleasing to God.  We are here to love God and love people.  Do you love people?  Do you love God?  You are a child of the Most High King and because of Jesus, you are holy and blameless.  Let that sink in.  That’s how much he loves you. It’s time to share the good news. ~ Amen