Ephesians 1.3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places (Ephesians 1.3). In Christ we are richly blessed, remembering that in His grace, mercy, and love we have been rescued from the depths of sin and bondage, adopted into His family, and are ever kept as His own.
1/ Though strait be the way, with dangers beset,
And we on the way are no farther yet,
Our good Guide and Savior has helped us thus far;
And ‘tis by his favour we are what we are.
2/ A favour so great we highly should prize;
Not murmur, nor fret, nor small things despise.
But what call we small things – sin’s whole cancelled sum?
‘Tis greater than all things, except those to come.
3/ My brethren, reflect on what we have been,
How God had respect to us under sin;
When lower and lower we every day fell,
He stretched forth his power, and snatched us from hell.
4/ Then let us rejoice, and cheerfully sing,
With heart and with voice, to Jesus our King,
Who thus far has brought us from evil to good;
The ransom that bought us, no less than his blood.
5/ For blessings like these, so bounteously given,
For prospects of peace and foretastes of heaven,
‘Tis grateful, ‘tis pleasant, to sing, and adore;
Be thankful for present, and then ask for [anticipate] more. (Joseph Hart)
May we recognize today the fullness of our Lord’s great blessings in our salvation and those already given to us in His glorious presence. May we rest in His protective care knowing He will continually provide for us in all things. And may we anticipate His further blessings and enabling through every situation of our lives.
Saved and richly blessed – we have much to be thankful for –
Terry
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