Ephesians 1:3-6
“How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.”
“All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.”
God had us in mind before he made the earth. He hovered over the cooling mass of molten rock and shaped it into the blue green beauty it is today. Love was there in the inhospitable having already laid plans to destroy evil and secure us for himself. What an amazing, totally other, generous God we have!
Lord, it is comfort to think of you freely navigating about outer space. You are not limited by the need for oxygen and water. How mighty you are, your greatest might being your love for me, because I am so small and undeserving. Only you know every nook and cranny where we humans hide. Only your great love would want to find us there. I worship you!