Wednesday, June 17, 2009

What should we know?

This morning I was reading in Ephesians and I was writing a list of the blessings God has given to me in Christ. As I continued in chapter one, I came across Paul's prayer, and there are three things he says he prays that the Ephesians would know:
  1. The hope that God has called us to,
  2. The riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and
  3. The immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe.
It's the second one that I want to highlight. In my study Bible, these notes were given:

The "inheritance" here is not the Christian's inheritance but his (God's). This indicates how precious his people are to God. They are, so to speak, what he looks forward to enjoying forever.


1 comment:

Camden said...

Hey, I happened to find a link to your blog via the Rebelution forum. It's neat that I'm doing a Bible study through Ephesians right now with the guys in my Youth Group, and we talked just last night about Ephesians 1, including Paul's prayer.

I think it's also really cool to think that not only will we enjoy God forever, but HE will enjoy US. That's an awesome thought.

Camden

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