Hattiesburg, Mississippi housed me the last few days as I went to share with Temple Baptist’s student ministry and be a part of a wedding between two of my friends. Weddings can be an amazing reminder of who we all are if we children of God.
As Phillip waited to see Shelley bust through the double doors, he began bouncing up and down lightly on his toes. As the organ hit strong and hard, the audience stood and somewhat blocked Phillip’s view. He stood on his tiptoes in order to see his best friend in her white dress. Upon his face radiated joy as he received his beautiful bride.
Do we get it? Do we see that God created this to be a picture of who we are in Christ? We are the beautiful bride and because we are in Christ, we are totally accepted – totally. We will be presented holy and blameless because Christ lived the perfect life that we could not live. He took our sin and gave us His righteousness. This is the most lopsided exchange in all eternity but it was God’s plan before the foundations of the world.
Take some time to meditate on Ephesians 5:25-33 and then look back to Ephesians 1:3-14. It is more than amazing. We are now alive in Christ. We are now containers of Christ. We once were children of darkness and wrath was our destiny. Now the great exchange has taken place if you are a follower of Christ. Sit and think upon these things as we must live each day in the reality of our belovedness.
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