Predestined!

A few weeks or maybe about a month ago, the Pastor of my church was talking about being Predestined. At first, I wasn't exactly sure where she was going with it until I sat down and read the book of Ephesians & it just clicked...God wanted & still wants Greatness for us. It is our DESTINY! He Predestined us for this greatness before we ever knew what the word Destined was! How marvelous to have a God this caring & loving though we are undeserving. Our debt still remains but His undying Love & Forgiveness allows us to be in His good grace. So if you take anything away from this today, I pray that it's the understanding of the wonderful seed God planted before we knew He did & if we just water & be patient, He will reveal our Destiny!


In Ephesians, the Apostle Paul talks of our redemption in Christ. We have Spiritual Blessings because He chose us before He chose Him. Ephesians 1:4 "just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be Holy & without blame before Him in Love." It goes on to say,in verse 5, that we have redemption through His blood!! He died on that cross for you & me. NOT because he liked pain or wanted to be tormented but because of His Love for God & Us. He was scared & His body felt pain just as ours do today but He knew the end result was worth it. His blood shed is why we are here today. He died & was raised up again , so that we could have life!!!


Everyday I am reminded by something of how blessed I am & what my purpose in life is. Serve Him, Love Him, Love others, & proclaim to others what salvation is. It says " When we become one with God, we have access to the Father." Ephesians 2:18 God knew what He was doing, He has a purpose for everything. We have a handbook to this life we have been given & its called The Bible. In it He says we can have eternal life with Him if we seek, be obedient,& Love as He loved. These things are so easy that we take for granted the life He has offered. Don't let the fact that you/we are Destined & were Predestined for greatness slip out of reach by not focusing on how & why it is so! God is good! Today, tomorrow, & Forever...


"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves;it is the gift of God." Ephesians 2:9