My study buddy and I are at the end of chapter 3 in Ephesians; and the doxology ending of this chapter is amazing!
He is a God "who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine".
That means that even our biggest dreams and desires are not too big for God. I don't know about you, but I can come up with a want list a mile long, if I try (emphasis on the want and try), and my imagination works pretty well.
But God is bigger still??
Matthew Henry says this about him, "There is an inexhaustible fullness of grace and mercy in God, which the prayers of all the saints can never draw dry." Now that's an immeasurably deep well of grace and mercy.
Think, not only is he that amazing, but we can never use him up or tire him out.
That sounds so greedy, but it fits the mindset of this generation. All of our talk is about sustainable resources or the life span of a product.
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Monday, November 24, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
"In Him we have redemption..." Is that something you need to hear today?
"In Him we have redemption...." (Ephesians 1:7)
What could be a better opening line for this morning's reading?
No other way is possible for redemption from our sins and ourselves.
Acts 17:28a says, "For in him we live and move and have our being." How true that is because only in him can we fully exist. Only because of the redemption he purchased with his blood, so that we might be free, are we truly free to live life.
Therefore, I am redeemed from the mess I make of my life. Redeemed from my failings as a wife, from my selfish moments in my role as mother, from my unconcerned days of dirty clothes and laundry, from my lazy days when I walk past my Bible repeatedly.
I am human. That does not give me reason to neglect things in my life or react unfavorably, but it does remind me that I will NEVER get it perfect... And in this life, my life, that's something God had to drill into me continuously.
I am a perfectionist and I like to be in control. I'm impatient and short tempered at times. I get lost in the details, because a perfect plan or process begets a perfect result, right?
Am I like this 24/7? No, by no means, BUT I am this way often enough that I feel like I am in a constant state of learning through my trials.
What could be a better opening line for this morning's reading?
No other way is possible for redemption from our sins and ourselves.
Acts 17:28a says, "For in him we live and move and have our being." How true that is because only in him can we fully exist. Only because of the redemption he purchased with his blood, so that we might be free, are we truly free to live life.
Therefore, I am redeemed from the mess I make of my life. Redeemed from my failings as a wife, from my selfish moments in my role as mother, from my unconcerned days of dirty clothes and laundry, from my lazy days when I walk past my Bible repeatedly.
I am human. That does not give me reason to neglect things in my life or react unfavorably, but it does remind me that I will NEVER get it perfect... And in this life, my life, that's something God had to drill into me continuously.
I am a perfectionist and I like to be in control. I'm impatient and short tempered at times. I get lost in the details, because a perfect plan or process begets a perfect result, right?
Am I like this 24/7? No, by no means, BUT I am this way often enough that I feel like I am in a constant state of learning through my trials.
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