His grace lavished upon us:

Ephesians 1:7-8

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

8 which He lavished on us.

            We were sold out by our forefather, Adam. We were enslaved to sin and were by nature sinners. When Jesus died on the cross, He paid for our redemption.

            This was just like someone who pawns something precious and later redeems it. In our case, Jesus didn’t pawn us. Adam did. He pawned our future to be like God. Jesus redeemed us so that we might become like God … walking in holiness of the truth. It wasn’t something we earned. He paid for it. It was through His grace. It wasn’t just a little dab of grace, either. He lavished it upon us. Through the riches of His grace, we were set free from slavery to sin and death.           

If you could hear God speak to you, I believe this is what He would say:

            "You are My chosen ones. I did not choose you to belittle you or to bring you down. I chose you to be more than conquerors. It is through the blood of the New Covenant that you are what you are. You have overcome because of this blood of the Lamb. It is through Him and His grace that you stand complete before Me. It is through Him that you will obtain your inheritance. It is not through your own merit, but though His. You are the light of the world and have overcome because I have chosen you to be overcomers. It was not an afterthought. I deliberately chose you from the beginning to reign in life through Him.”

            60. Jesus redeemed me through His blood and lavished His grace upon me.