Most of us are taught as young Christians that our spiritual beginning was the fall of man; when Adam and Eve disobeyed God; selling out the human race to a sinful nature that is instinctively hostile toward God. Even King David reminds us that we were conceived in iniquity in our mother’s wombs. How could a Christian argue with anything so obviously true. Human history is the testimony of this curse, yet I read…
“And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.”
I am also thinking of a related comment by Paul..
…..He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love, He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will. (Ephesians 1:4-5)
What God saw that He declared good had been conceived in Him before space and before time. Of course this is difficult to convey with flannel graph but it is a fact; our origins precede the Fall. What God had made was very good and because that was His original intention, it shall all turn out very good with us.
The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit….. Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly. (1 Cor 15:45,49)
Someone ask me yesterday, “What has God been showing you?” Since my last post of 2013 and the first one of 2014 are both on the same theme, I believe He is saying something to this effect…..
“My original intentions are going to prevail because your origins are patterned after My nature which is very good. The deepest truth about my children is not that they are monsters of iniquity. In Christ I have given you abundant life. I, the Life-giving Spirit, have given you new hearts and a new covenant. I Am Myself, your Life.
In spite of the evening news or our track records, which we too often believe confirms our hopeless bondage to the flesh, great truths exist that we have not yet walked in that will prevail, causing us to be the light of the world, exhibiting the glory of God as Christ in us, the hope of glory further expresses Himself to this world He has not abandoned.
Father, help us to more deeply discover the inexhaustable nature of your Life in us. Holy Spirit, teach us to live at rest and peace in the great expanse of Your kingdom where there are no ends to Your goodness and love. Amen.
Hello,
I have been following your post for almost a year now, your aunt Jackie gave me your site address. This post spoke to my heart today, as the holidays can bring on a bit of melancholy when everyone has gone home and I am left alone once again in my home. I am truly never alone, I have been loved before time, from eternity past…thank you for reminding me of this so eloquently. It brought tears of joy and hope to my eyes.
Jackie also gave me her “Blue Book” at that time, it was one of the most perfect gifts I have ever received from anyone. God’s fingerprints were all over the “giving” as it was just what I needed in my life at that moment where God had me in my journey to Him. I thought the introduction was written just for me, I could not put it down and ask Jackie where I could buy one, she said just take that one, she could get another one. Through that little devotional book God worked such wonders and healing in my heart and soul! With each week my love for God became more real and comforting to me than ever before in my life. I know, that I know, that I know, I am God’s eternal beloved and He is mine, never to be separated again! Nether depths nor heights, nor things of this earth can diminish or prevent God from loving me…For He alone know the thoughts and plans that He has for me, thoughts of my welfare, of peace, not evil, to give me hope in my final outcome.
I am looking forward to going through this devotional again, only at a deeper level this time, with you and those who follow your blog. I want to fall more deeply in love with my Savior…to walk in his will not my own, this is my prayer for this year.
God’s blessings on you and your family in this bright New Year
Janie Frazee