Day 11

Nothing is more foundational to the Christian life than for the believer to understand his or her position in Christ Jesus..
Our position in Christ is our legal standing with God: Are we guilty or not guilty? Debtors or free? His enemies or His friends? Understanding these things makes a difference in how we live day in and day out..
In His goodness and by His grace, God changes our standing — our position — before Him when we place our trust in Christ..
Christianity begins not with a big DO, but with a big DONE..
That is why the letter to the Ephesians opens with the statement that God “has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” and we are invited at the outset to sit down and enjoy what God has done for us; not to set out to try and attain it for ourselves..
So we must build on that which is DONE and, through faith, be enabled to rest in the finished work of Christ (meaning what Jesus accomplished by His death and resurrection) and our position in Him..
Our Christian life begins with the discovery of what God has provided..
– He has blessed us (Ephesians 1:3).
– He has chosen us (Ephesians 1:4).
– He has adopted us (Ephesians 1:5)
– He has accepted us (Ephesians 1:6).
– He has redeemed us (Ephesians 1:7).
– He has lavished grace upon us (Ephesians 1:8)
– He has made known His plan unto us (Ephesians 1:9).
– He has given us an inheritance (Ephesians 1:11,14).
– He has sealed us (Ephesians 1:13).
You enter into new spiritual experiences of God’s love as you accept by faith that which God has done in Christ..
Spend quality time today meditating on these truths replacing “us” with “me”..
“The LORD has done great things for us (for me), and we are (I am) filled with joy.….”(Psalm 126:3)