DEVOTION
EPHESIANS

LAVISHED
Eph 1:7-9
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 8 that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
NIV
Now I know I should really ponder one this redemption through his blood, but I am extremely comfortable with my total faith in his ability to redeem me, and with the fact he did it by sending Jesus to die on the cross for me. I know it was an act of complete love by him, and all that encompasses. I know it is no small thing, and this is the whole of the Gospel. I know without this act of redemption I would be completely lost. But I am overwhelmed by the fact that not only did he redeem me through his blood, not only did he forgive me of my but he continues to do so. This is not a past tense statement. He says that in him I have the redemption through his blood and I have the forgiveness of sin. This is constant. But the whole of this is what I am completely taken back by. He does this in accordance with his riches of grace. He does this with his divine influence upon me. He does this because he desires to influence me and he does this in extreme excess. He lavished his grace on me. He overdoes it, he superabounds it upon me. I am dripping wet in his grace beyond being drenched in it. He has lavished me with his grace and done it with all wisdom and understanding. Now is it that I also got the wisdom and understanding? I wonder. Could this not be he has all wisdom and understanding of who I am, how I behave, what I do and what I don’t do and still he redeemed me, and still he forgives me and still he lavishes me with his grace. What a wonderful gracious God he is.