Have you learned anything yet? God is telling us the amazing power of His love for Jesus and the benefits of us being in Him.
But it does us no good unless we embrace who we really are.
In verse 10 of Ephesians 2 we are going to read that we are God’s handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do good works.
And not only that, God has prepared these things beforehand that we might do them for His glory—but with His help.
We are like the basketball player that only has to shoot layups because everybody on the other team is guarding God.
Ephesians is a book as much about attitude as it is about us learning who we are. It tells us our position in Christ and with God but never forces us to take up that position.
I’m reading a book about the prodigal son and I must say it is going to depths about the son who stayed that I have never considered in all the times I have preached or taught about it.
The father tells the son, after the son refuses to go into the party for the prodigal, “I have slaved for you all these years and you have never even given me a goat to share with friends.”
The father then tells him, “All that I have is yours.”
We are in the same position! Quit your darn whining and ask like the son or daughter your Father has made you to be.
Pastor Brent