Reflection: If I asked you to list, as fast as you could, five blessings in your life, what would yours be? I naturally think of things like my family, my friends, my job, the beautiful city I live in, my health. These are all incredible blessings and things that I should rightly praise God for. But, the reality is, even if I didn’t have any of these things, I would still have every spiritual blessing in Christ. God chose us to be his people before the creation of the world. Despite our sin, he sees us as holy and blameless. Out of his deep love for us, he has
adopted us “to sonship”, signifying not just our identity as his children, but also as heirs with Christ of an eternal kingdom. He has showered us with grace upon grace. Regardless of our circumstances, we always have a reason to praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Question: When was the last time you sat down and spent some time really praising God for all the spiritual blessings he’s lavished on you? Why not take some time for this now?
Prayer: Gracious God and Father, I praise you for blessing me with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Thank you that you chose me, that you adopted me as your child and heir, and that because of Jesus you see me as holy and blameless. Thank you for freely giving me your glorious grace. Amen.