God from the beginning of time had one intention, to radiate his glory through his children, for his sons to fill the earth with his glory. It never waived from that intention and it was his desire and delight to reconcile the universe through Christ at the cross. Christ died for the joy set before him, that joy was an intimate relationship with you, in a marriage and love beyond the wildest imagination.
“giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. “ – Colossians 1:12 – The death of Christ at the cross gave us the inheritance of God. We receive the fullness of Christ won at the cross; it is ours in Christ. Everything Christ has won is now ours in Christ Jesus.
We listen to our lovers words of love, His love re-discovers the delight of our hearts, His words re-configures our thoughts and our minds, His Grace releases us in the favour of God upon our lives.
Serving is not something we do because that is “what Christians do”, we serve because we love. Service divorced from love is bondage. We love others because we have received His love.
We are continuously in God’s presence; prayer is as simple as breathing. We spend time with God because he is our lover and we receive and respond to His love.
God’s heart for us is that we enjoy and delight in him, now and forever. For his heart is for us to rest in all he has done for us.
Now in Christ, we are now filled with the fullness of Christ. We are not a work in progress, we are a New Creation in Christ and God says it is perfect and good. We are not becoming holy we are holy and righteous in Christ – Ephesians 4 : 23-24 – “and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.”
God put us into Christ, on His own initiative
It was always God’s intention to shower his glorious love on us. He is the beginning and the end. He is the start of all things and the end of all things. God took the initiative and all we did was respond to his invitation. It was his desire and passion that caused him to reach out and embrace us. We are the child he always dreamed of; we are the delight of his heart. We are God’s treasure.
We are In Christ and Christ is in us. We are never separated from Christ; he lives in us. We are in a love relationship with him, we are his desire and He is our desire. We are his delight and He is our delight. He will never leave us or forsake us. We are eternally married to Christ.
Living Grace 