Blessed

Did you know there are blessings we have in redemption (being saved from sin) other than just having our consciences cleared and our sins forgiven?  That in itself is enough, but God didn’t stop there.  He lavished more blessings upon us, too!

Ephesians 1 says:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.

I love this verse.  He CHOSE us to be HOLY and BLAMELESS.

John 3:16 says God “so loved the world,” which includes you and me.  He sought after us, he desired a relationship with us, and he picked us out to be his sons and daughters.

Not only that, but he chose us to be holy.  And the best part is that he knew we couldn’t be holy on our own, so he sent his son as the perfect sacrifice so that because he was holy, we can be holy, because we belong to him. 

And finally, we are blameless.  When we feel or hear accusations in our head or heart that we are worthless, full of faults, bad to the bone….we can turn away from that slander.  Jesus paid it all – for you and me!  He set us free to walk free from guilt and shame.

So because he chose us, he makes us holy, and we are blameless – three awesome perks of redemption – we are to bless his name.

Bless the name of Jesus, who redeems us from sin.