Ephesians 1: A journal entry

Some thoughts I journaled as a response to studying Ephesians 1-


We were selected by God out of a greater number. He lavished on us all wisdom and understanding (partial toward fullness). He gave us the seal or deposit of the Holy Spirit. He literally put a down payment for us; a guarantee, a promise, an engagement ring. How beautiful His love and His plan and glorious grace. He loves us and gave himself up for us to woo us and make us His own – to make us Him, the Son. We are marked as His, by the seal of the Holy Spirit. I need to start living more like it. That I am different. Not the same as other people who have not been saved. We are joint heirs. We have been made righteous, holy, blameless in His sight. That should show itself. Not as me striving to obtain something, but joyously and zealously showing the world the beauty of what he has done for his church in hopes that they might too believe.