BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE (DEVOTIONAL)

EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN HIM

Ephesians 1:3 "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us with EVERY spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ."

Not "united" with a Bible Study. Not b/c we are united with a church. Not b/c we think positively or are thankful. Not for anything we do or have done BUT because Jesus opens His arms and invites us into an intimate relationship with Him. When you ask Him to live in your heart and be with you always...to follow Him and know Him...then you/we are united with Him and have EVERY spiritual blessing given/planned. AWESOME.

HERE IS AN ILLUSTRATION:
"There was a very rich man who created wonderful masterpieces of art paintings and then he had a teriffic Son. One day the Son wen't out of his Father's house and befriend a beggar. The Son would tell this beggar about his Father's grand house and all his magnificent paintings. The beggar really likes the Son and the Son really likes the beggar. But one day the Son suddenly stop seeing the beggar and this beggar wondering where did he go. But the beggar found out that the Son had passed away.

So the beggar took a piece of paper and a crayon and drew the face of the Son because the beggar really likes the Son. The beggar went to the gatekeeper and told the gatekeeper "Would you please give this drawing to the Father because his Son is very nice to me". The gatekeeper thought this is quite a gesture and the gatekeeper said " I will give this to him when he comes by".

One day the Father also passed away and all of his masterpiece art gallery is going to be auctioned and the beggar found out about all of this. So the beggar find some casual clothes and try to fit in to the auctioning gallery and he succeeded. The beggar wondering if his drawing is amongst the paintings and he found out his drawing is among the masterpieces.

All of the rich people and officionados looking at all of this masterpiece paintings with their lenses and talking about it except the beggars drawing. The gavel pounded and the auctioner said "We are going to begin the bidding", and all of the rich people say " yeah, yeah, good, good its about time".

But the auctioner said, "But there is a condition in the will, we must first auctioned this piece of drawing"., and the crowd moan and groan but nobody bid on it. The auctioner said " anyone?, any bid at all?", but the beggar reached down to his poket and bid all that he had." No counter-offer?. Sold." The beggar won the bid on his drawing.

But as soon as The Beggar about to leave the auctioning place, the gavel pounded again. The auctioner say's "There is a second condition in the will, it says "Whoever bid on the first portrait of the Son gets the whole art gallery"







I USED TO PUT MY LIFE INTO MY OWN HANDS AS WELL AS IN THE HANDS OF OTHERS... I'M DEFINITELY IN BETTER HANDS NOW... HIS. :)