Our church is currently going through the Book of Ephesians. For the next six weeks, we will be discussing all six chapters of this book. I thought it best to put my personal Bible reading plan on hold and read Ephesians for the next six weeks too, for me to grasp as much as I can from this book.

As expected, the first chapter alone is so rich! Last sunday, the preaching was focused on the spiritual blessings we have in God. A lot of us go through life not enjoying the fullness of all that God has for us, because one, we might not be aware of what we already have in Him, or two, we might be so caught up in trying to acquire things this world has to offer us, that we fail to receive the best that God has already given us. I have nothing against getting good stuff. Material blessings are still blessings. But we must be careful that in an effort to acquire these things that money can buy, that we do not lose sight of the things that money can’t buy.

It is a wonderful thing to be reminded of the spiritual blessings we have in God— we are adopted as sons and daughters, chosen, redeemed, forgiven, and loved. But there are three verses that our eyes tend to just skim through after we read all the blessings– verses six, 12, and 14 tell us that we are given all these blessings “to the praise of His glorious grace.”   To say it plainly, we must keep in mind that the main purpose why we have been given these blessings is to showcase God’s love and glory. It is for His praise and His glory. Paul not only reminds us that we are tremendously blessed by God; he also reminds us why we are tremendously blessed— to the praise of His glorious grace. In short, the main character of this story is still not us. We become recipients of the benefits (yay!!!), but we are not the star of the show.

We have been given grace to enjoy, but as we enjoy, let us remember: we are to live our lives to the praise of His glorious grace. :)

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