Ephesians 1:3-4

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him."
-Ephesians 1:3-4

In this passage, Paul is opening up his letter written to the Ephesian church. The opening topics of Paul's epistles are the important ideas that give a foundation to what he will say to his audience. Therefore, whatever Paul is talking about at the beginning of his letter deserves serious contemplation. We will be meditating on this particular opening throughout this week.

In this opening we see Paul exalting "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places." What a rich statement! This statement is absolutely overflowing wonderful truths about the Trinity, God's glory, and the favor God has shown us. However, avoid my ranting out of sheer excitement, let's hone in on the fact that God has blessed us  in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

Every blessing that is available to us as believers is found in Christ. God the Father has given grace, mercy, and peace through the knowledge of Him and His Son Jesus Christ. This is such a beautiful reality, for we have all these blessings freely given to us from Our Savior, God Himself. His provision is sufficient and steadfast, unlike the provision of this world. For proof of this we need to look no further than our own salvation, for the grace of God was shown in infinite abundance at that moment and has not wavered one bit since then Let us be encouraged then that since God has done the most impossible thing, namely reconciling filthy sinners to Himself, we can rest assured that there is no provision or blessing to wonderful for Him. Rest in His provision of blessings today.