1-10-12
Eph. 1:6
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
Accepted – 1 to make graceful. 1A charming, lovely, agreeable. 2 to peruse with grace – compass with favour. 3 to honour with blessings. – To be endued with special honor: — made accepted, be highly favoured.
All this was due to the loving choice of my Father.
Beloved – 1 of persons. 1A to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly. 2 of things. 2A to be well pleased, to be contented at or with a thing – to love (in a social or moral sense)
Matthew Henry said – “History is written and directed by its Creator, who will see it through to the fulfillment of His own ultimate purpose—the summing up of all things in Christ. He designed His great plan in the ages past; He now sovereignly works it out according to His divine will; and in the fulness of the times He will complete and perfect it in His Son, in whom it will forever operate in righteous harmony and glorious newness along with all things in the heavens and things upon the earth.”
What a tremendous Joy this brings to my heart. To think – that God has welcomed me already into the beloved family of God. I remember not ever “feeling” like I was part of a family when I was a child. To be cast out – unacceptable to my young piers at school. I was considered to be not very smart – a loner. But God Has not left me there – unaccepted and picked on! He has accepted me as a Son and has ALREADY prepared for me a place in His kingdom. I am accepted and loved by God and I can’t change this by any sin that I may commit. To God be the Glory!