Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Ephesians 1:7-8

Ephesians 1:7-8 says, "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding."
Let that sink in for a moment before I go on... Notice all the different parts that have a profound impact.
But what I noticed about these verses is that it says, "He lavished [it] on us with all wisdom and understanding." What I understand here is that while sometimes we think He made a mistake in forgiving us because we're not worth it, in truth He forgave us when He was thinking clearly. And what's more, He forgave us with ALL wisdom and understanding! He knew and knows everything and He lavished us with all the riches of grace. Clearly He knows more than us. Clearly He is wiser. Clearly He knows best. And yet He says even if only you were to accept forgiveness, it'd still be worth it. You alone are worth Him dying on a cross! Dying on a cross sounds cliche in the Christian community but let that reach you! And we can't rightly deny the fact that He did it with all of His wisdom... He claims we're worth it. And who are we to deny it? Who are we to say we know better? That we're not really worth it and it can't be true? He says it IS. Not for everyone but you... But everyone. He Loved you so much that He gave up His life so that you may live "to the fullest" (I'm pretty sure that's in Galations...)
THAT is a pretty epic Love story if you ask me...

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