Reading for Today - Ephesians 1:11-23 - that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you

Ephesians 1:11-23 (ESV)
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.  In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.  For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.  And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

 

How awesome is our God.  How great is His plan for us.  Paul was encouraged by the Ephesians faith and their love for the saints.  We too need to be examples of both faith and love.  Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians was that God would give them the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him.  Paul wanted them to “know what is the hope to which [God] had called them” and to know the immeasurable greatness of God’s power.  We too should want the same.  We have been called to a great hope.  Great is our hope in Christ.  May our hope in Him give us the sight to be able to endure.  May our knowledge of His word cause us to seek to live in a way that is pleasing to God.  May we seek to be lights in the world guiding a lost world to Him and strengthening our fellow saints in our Christian walk.