Ephesians 1:1-6
I have spent most of the day reading and pondering these verses trying to decide in which direction this would go. I find that getting the ideas from my head to paper is quite a task. For when I think I’ve found the perfect mix of witty and worshipfullness I hit a roadblock. But after kissing my wife goodnight and praying about the day and upcoming days, I think God gave me a little help. With a kiss He reminded me that things don’t have to be witty and well written. In case you’ve missed it I’m referring to the acrostic keep it simple stooge (the stooge here being me).
God chose me before the world began. He chose me to be adapted into his family. He chose me, a creature whose natural nature is to sin, to be called a child of God. Because of my sin He sent Jesus to shed His blood for me that I might be able to one day live forever with Them in a perfect place.
Why did He choose me? There are many thoughts but my thoughts tonight mirror the text; “according to the good pleasure of his will.” He chose me because He loved me. He loved me since before time was created. He loves me now in the present day. He will keep on loving me until He gives me a new body that will allow me to enter into His presence where one day I can say to His face, I Love You.
Take me out of the previous paragraphs and put your name. I can’t say it any simpler. God loves His children.
“There is a Name I love to hear,
I love to sing its worth;
It sounds like music in my ear,
The sweetest Name on earth.
This Name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God.
And there with all the blood-bought throng,
From sin and sorrow free,
I’ll sing the new eternal song
Of Jesus’ love for me.
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Because He first loved me!”
Riley Lee