Digging Deeper, Day Three

Digging Deeper, Day Three!

Ah Ladies, I am pleased to start a new week! Forgive my absence, I had family matters to attend to :)

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Ephesians 1:7-9

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

8 which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight

9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him

Ok, I went back to verse 7 again. Notice the phrase, In Him. We have a lot, In Him. In Him we have life. We have redemption, Forgiveness of sins. In Him, we have been lavished on by the riches of His grace. Unmerited favor. Ponder this! Soak this in! We can do not one thing to add to the mercy and grace He freely gives us!

In all wisdom and insight, He made know the mystery of His will.   The Bible Commentary says, "1:8-10. God’s grace is given to enable believers to understand His will. God gives them wisdom (sophia; cf. v. 17; 3:10; Col. 1:9, 28; 2:3, 23; 3:16; 4:5), objective insight into the true nature of God’s revelation, and understanding (phronēsei), the subjective apprehension of it."   He gives us all we need, and then gives us the understanding and apprehension of it. His thoughts are too high for us to comprehend so He even gives us the ability to understand because He is so gracious to us!

Reminds me of my own earthly father. He is quite an intelligent man. Full of God's mercy. Full of patience. I would be struggling with something and even as busy as he was, he would take me on his knee and lovingly instruct me how to proceed in learning and help me grasp what I was misunderstanding or not comprehending. He never once held over his superiority over me, even though he was placed in authority over me. I understood his place in the world. He never had to remind me. He would just teach me. Just like my Father God, My Abba. Though He is above all things. He is majestic and has no need for me, He takes time to teach and guide me and see to it that I come to an understanding of His nature and being.   As I walk with Him, the more I realize what I know is all about what He allows me to see. By this I mean, He is so grand, if He showed me everything, I would not be able to handle it. He only shows me what I can understand. Then some more and then some more. Like His grace, it never runs out. How much He loves us!

We have so much to learn and see.... In Him. Watch for this phrase. Paul uses it a lot ;)  We are complete, In Him. I pray you are on a journey as I am to find all I am, In Him :-) Please take the time to sign up and leave a comment :)

in His love,

mrs a