Accepted

to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. – Ephesians 1.6

There is a purpose in what God laid out before the foundation of the world. He designed us the the holily and without blame. He designed things so that we could be adopted as his children.

But He also designed us to live for the praise of  His glory. My life should be lived in such a manner that God is glorified through my praise. It is not just praising with singing and hand clapping and raised hands and amening and hankie waving, though all that may certainly be part of it.

Praise is much more deep seated than that. Praise is living out a life of praise in all that we say and think and do.

Because His glory has done something. It made us accepted in the Beloved.

Acceptance is something we alll seek. We want to be accepted by friends and co-workers and even people we meet. No one like rejection.

But there is one need for acceptance that stands out above the rest. The acceptance we really need is acceptance with God. But our sin gets in the way of that. Our sin separates us from Him and only He can do anything about it.

But God reached down from heaven in the glory of His grace to make a way for acceptance. To receive that acceptance all we have to do is to accept the acceptance His offers in the glory of His grace.

Praise God for opening the way for us to be accepted by Him.