“This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders.” ~Apostle Paul

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Ephesians 2, Faith, Foundation, Jesus, Messiah, Temple

We have a home that God is building and we are the bricks He is using us to make His building magnificent.

Jesus is making it in His country of supernatural courage (faith). What is amazing is that He is using us to create a place for Him to dwell.

We all have a place there and He wants to live in it. He has given us great gifts to benefit His people.

So … In God’s country:

• We don’t have to wander around not know if we belong. 
• His country of supernatural courage is where we fit in. 
• We all have a place of honor in His world.

That’s plain enough, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a home. He’s using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building. He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now he’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with the Messiah Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day—a holy temple built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home. Ephesians 2:19 -22

 

May I find my place in His building and fit in the right place.

“You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household.” ~Apostle Paul

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Apostle Paul Sayings, Ephesians 2, Family, Good News, Household, Jesus, Love

In our family, like most families, being a “member of the household” means something special!

It means you walk right into the house without knocking. It means family members wait up for you when you are out late. It means that you are cared for enough that somebody wants to know where you’re going, when you will be back and reminds you to “be safe.” It means you get a kiss when you go out the door in the morning. That’s what being a member of the household means.

The Good News is that we are members of God’s household. And it’s the very same way at His House only better. So go on right in!

And don’t forget to yell “I’m HOME!!!” Jesus is so very glad to see you!

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household.”  -Ephesians 2:19

“God does both the making and saving.” ~Apostle Paul

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Apostle Paul Sayings, Creation, Ephesians 2, Jesus, Salvation

Salvation

God made us and God saves us. It is all his doing, through his son, the Messiah, Jesus. We have nothing to do with it at all. If we did we would be bragging, inappropriately, that it is our doing. There is nothing we can do at all. It is all about Jesus.

God’s goal is for us to join him in the work he is doing. He has a plan for us. Jesus is getting us ready. He has all the time he needs, both now and in the world to come. Forever is a mighty long time!

Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in the Messiah Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish! We don’t play the major role. If we did, we’d probably go around bragging that we’d done the whole thing! No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by the Messiah Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.

Source: Ephesians 2:8-9 MSG – Now God has us where he wants us, with – Bible Gateway

“We are His workmanship, created in the Messiah Jesus for good works.” ~Apostle Paul

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Apostle Paul Sayings, Ephesians 2, Jesus, Obedience

Goal

There is no plan B. There is no backup plan. Contingencies are out the door. God has a goal for me and my life. I need to lean into Jesus and hear the plan for today.

The enemy lies to me leading me to believe if I don’t do what my Father wants, then someone else will do it. That isn’t the truth.

Here is the truth. God created me to join Him in the work He is doing. This is the good work He has gotten ready for me to do. This is the work I had better be doing. He doesn’t have anyone else in mind to do it. He doesn’t have a plan B. There is no backup plan. It is His plan for me.

God is ready. Am I?

For we are His workmanship, created in the Messiah Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:10