Ephesians 1:1-14 The Deposit...

There is a strange stillness in the first rain in months.
But a familiar smell of earth disturbed by wind and water.
And a familiar feeling of nostalgia from the monsoons broken before.
A reminder that no matter how strong the storm we are still here.
Water and wind have a way of cleaning things deeper than skin.
Maybe that's why Jesus describes the Spirit using water and wind.

Ephesians 1:1-14

Eph 1:3- We are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Eph 1:4- We have been chosen to be Holy and blameless in his sight.
(If we have been chosen to be Holy and blameless in his sight, then why is holiness such a difficult thing to achieve. Going through a day or an hour without sin is hard enough, but holiness, and to hate sin to the point where it is second nature to avoid it seems impossible... But when it says to be Holy and blameless in his sight, i can't help but wonder if it means he sees us through Christ and sees those who believe in Christ through the sacrifice that he alone could give, and we are exchanged as Christ took the wrath of God, we took the place as sons and daughters of Christ. It seems almost too good to be true. A divine switcheroo, he takes our place on the gallows, and we take his place in God's family. Grace is so difficult to accept as a sinner sometimes, simply because we feel we have to earn it. But God gives freely out of abundance... I guess that's just who he is.)

In Love...
Eph 1:4-5 In love he pre-destined us to be adopted as sons and daughters through Christ Jesus. This was his pleasure and will.
(I love how it says in Love it's almost like we are objects of God's infatuation, objects of love... I wish I could understand how Paul a man who suffered all his life after coming to know Christ for the sake of the Gospel could view himself as loved by God, i guess his relationship with God was close enough that even in the situations he faced he was in contact with Christ)

In Him We have:
Redemption-v7 We have been bought back by God from the kingdom of Satan and had our sins forgiven through the blood of Christ.
Wisdom and Understanding-v8
Knowledge of the mystery of his will-v9-10 This was Christ's purpose, to bring all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
Been Chosen-v11 for the praise of His Glory.
Been marked with the Spirit.- God's deposit(Investment) in us. Until the redemption of those who are God's possession. (I love how God literally invests himself in us... It's like the Holy Spirit comes to us with the sole intent of guiding us home to heaven, its such a wonderful assuarance. But I have asked myself over and over whether or not the spirit of God lives in me... I guess in moments like that I just have to trust 1 Cor12:3, that no one can confess Jesus Christ as lord except by the spirit of God.)

(I also find it so cool that the Spirit helps us understand and accept Christ as our personal savior, at the same time Christ helps us know what God the father is like, and God the father sends us the Holy Spirit to guide us to home to Him.)

So what do I do with that?
I think all of this points us to Him and is a reminder of why we are so blessed to know Christ,
Chosen for redemption and to know Christ is a blessing that should not be taken for granted.
I think God is pushing me through this to seek the spirit and look deeper into what He is working on or wants me to focus on, as the deposit guaranteeing my salvation i'm pretty sure he must be working on something, it's probably just that my ears and my heart are a bit numb to Him still to notice.