Freeing Truth

Freeing Truth

Bible: Ephesians 1:3-10

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His glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves (V.6).

A Christian girl had been feeling down about herself. She was unhappy about her life in general, but she was especially fed up with how little she seemed to be growing in her relationship with God. One morning she looked at herself for a long time in the mirror. Then, very slowly, she said, “God, I thank You that I am myself and can never be anybody else.” That was her moment of freeing self-acceptance. She realised that by God’s design she was an absolutely unique person, a human being who belonged to Jesus and could never be replaced or copied. Do you give yourself a hard time because you aren’t as close to God as you think you ought to be? Do you see yourself as a second rate Christian, falling short when you compare yourself to the rest of your youth group? Do
you struggle to pray, to share Jesus, to get involved at church? We can move beyond self-rejection and enjoy self-acceptance when we put our lives in Jesus’ hands. “In [Jesus] we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace” (EPHESIANS 1:7). We are accepted and chosen by Him (VV.4-6). If Jesus has accepted us, surely we can accept ourselves, as we are! He will do the work of bringing about change in us in His perfect timing. That’s the freeing truth.

JESUS’ FREE GIFT OF SALVATION

FREES US TO ACCEPT OURSELVES.

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