For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.
He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One. (Ephesians 1:4-6)
From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.
He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. (Acts 17:26-27)
The love and grace of God towards us is truly amazing to me.
That before the foundation of the world he would choose us. That he would determine when we were born, where we born, and the circumstances of our birth.
He did it so that we would reach out and find him. And the thing is, when we did, we found out that he had never been far from us in the first place.
Not only that, this God who would not deign to live in temples made by human hands chooses to dwell in us.
We ourselves become his temple. (Acts 17:24, John 14:23, 2 Corinthians 6:16)
When I think of it all, the only word that comes to mind is…amazing.
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