Worship for Today

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Ephesians 1:4b-6,

 

"In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons 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."

 

At different times many of us feel like the "red-headed stepchild", a reference that, in Rodney Dangerfield's terms, speaks to the fact that we can't get "any respect", not quite fully accepted. No matter what we do, something is held against us. Whether by spouse, parents, a friend, co-workers, etc. you know the drill. Something we might have done has kept us from being accepted fully by someone.

 

As we consider the forgiveness of God resulting in our standing before him as "holy and blameless", what Paul says here about how we are embraced by God is overwhelming. As we reach out to Jesus Christ in faith, we are not simply members of his kingdom, his subjects (although we are). When we trust in Jesus Christ we are not simply called his friends (although we are). When we respond to the gospel message and embrace Jesus Christ as our Savior, we are not simply accepted as his servants (although we are). We are brought into his very family, adopted by him! And, not as a "red-headed step child"! We are embraced by God as his sons and daughters, loved by him, receiving "every spiritual blessing in Christ"! We are loved by God and are subjected, given over, to his love through his pleasure and will!

 

Here is something to muse on! This is something that given the least meditation is transformational as we await his return! It is this very type of observation of Paul that brings to our minds that which is simply breath-taking! In thinking of this I cannot help but get very excited about what awaits us for an eternity!

 

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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