Lavished
February 5, 2012
Lavished means to have an excess of, or to super-abound.
Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 8 that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. NIV
We haven’t just been forgiven by the skin of our teeth we have been bought back from Satan and death, had our past sins wiped out according to the measure of the ‘fullness of wealth’ found in the grace of God (his free unmerited favour) and this has been lavished on us to excess. What is more, God knows exactly what He is doing!
This is one of those ‘get up and dance’ verses!
Some times everyone wants to be pampered. Sometimes we think we are missing something or that things haven’t gone well for us.
The Bible says God has lavished your salvation on you! Your sin has gone!!
You were a slave to sin and to Satan, you were destined to burn in hell, and yet God has bought you back – paid the ransom for your release. He paid a life for a life – His Son for you!
Don’t allow yourself the sinful thought process of ’woe is me, life has been hard and nothing goes my way’.
Jesus went your way and He is calling you to walk His way today.
Everything that really matters has gone well for you.
Eternity in relationship with God as Father and Jesus as Lord is what I call ‘better than a good deal’.
I know that life seems tough sometimes, but let us get a grip on reality – the truth is we have it all!
Rom 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. NIV
As a friend of mine often says ‘we are lavishly loved’. Let this be your confidence today!
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