Was listening to a great podcast where Troy Dobbs answers; Is the Blessed Life of the Beatitudes What You Really Want? and I read David Wheaton's testimony that has this before/after picture from Ephesians 2:1-10
BEFORE: “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
AFTER: But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:1-9).
PRESENT: For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Eph 2:10
I love our present focus on the work God prepared for us in advance to do. I think of my coworkers and friends and family and I'm excited about living my day in anticipation of the good work God prepared for me. Life in Christ is endless hope, life outside Christ is a hopeless end.
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