Today’s Scripture…
Ephesians 2:4-7
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Thoughts…
Take a minute and really read the verses today. Did you notice anything about the verbs used? In verses 4-6, ‘Made us’, ‘been saved’, ‘raised us’, ‘seated us’ are all used. These are past tense. Then God switches to future tense in verse 7 ‘might show’. In that verse God refers to “in the coming ages’. When we finally meet Him face to face, we will truly experience His grace as we enter Heaven.
The future is important, but what I want to concentrate on is what we have today. We are alive in Christ. We are saved. We are seated with Christ in the heavenly realms. Wait! What??? Yes, you read that right. We are already with Christ in the heavenly realms.
You see we already have God’s ear. We don’t have to wait until we get to Heaven to talk with Him. We don’t have to wait to feel His love, experience His grace or any other blessings. We are with Him now. All we have to do is talk to Him. Open up to Him right now. He is listening and He wants to talk to you.
You don’t have to have someone talk to Him for you. You don’t have to wait to enter the inner sanctum, or Holy of Holies. You are already there. You have a personal relationship with God. He sees you as His BFF! You are on His Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, email list, favorites on His phonebook, His address book and any other place you can think of today! There is no waiting to meet God or being with Him. You are already there!
Prayer…
Lord, thank you that I don’t have to wait to meet You. I am already with you and You with me! ~amen
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