WE ARE BLESSED CHOSEN PREDESTINED AND SPECIAL

Proclamation:

"Praise be to The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.  For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight.  In love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will; to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in The One He loves.  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.  And He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment ..." Ephesians 1:3-10 (NIV)

Explanation:

Under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God, the Apostle Paul wrote these words in a letter to the believers in Ephesus.  Although he had never met them, he had heard of the demonstrations of their faith.  Paul wrote them to tell them that they were saints of God and very special.  They were blessed, chosen, and predestined by God, according to His will, to receive His glorious grace through Jesus, The Christ.

Application:
As believers in Christ we are also special.  We are blessed in more ways than we can count.  Before the beginning of time, we were chosen by God to be holy and blameless in His sight through the blood of Jesus.  We have been redeemed, our sins have been forgiven, and we have been given wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.  Our heavenly Father knew that we would be believers before we were born.  He knows all about us and still loves us. (Acts 15:8)  He has blessed us in the past, He is blessing us now, and He has even more good things are in store for us when the fullness of time has come.