He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love

Part of what we are praying when we pray “kingdom of God come, will God be done on earth,” is that we are willing to cooperate with him in bringing His will, His kingdom to earth. In this verse from Ephesians 1:4, He is showing us part of his purpose in election is that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love.

There are two things here. For the first neither here, nor elsewhere in the Scripture, is the Christian given license to do what ever he or she pleases. The idea which he expresses in verse six, is that our actions and attitude should show forth the glory of His grace!

I love the balance of Scripture, when the Scriptures talk about grace, truth is not far behind. When the scriptures talk about righteousness, love is not far behind. The second thing then, is that all of this should be immersed in the love that flows out of our relationship with Him. It’s too easy to get this out of balance, to have truth without grace, truth without love, love without truth, holiness without grace, holiness without love etc., etc.

And in the end it’s all about relationship with Him. He tells us that we are chosen before the foundation of the world, and part of this is that this enables us to operate out of rest and assurance that we are loved and accepted. So we don’t seek for holiness and blamelessness in order to get right with Him, but rather we do it because we love Him and we want to please Him.

Father, thank You that You chose me before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before You in love, and to show forth Your incredible glory. Forgive me Lord when I fall short of all of this, and give me your grace to be the man of God You call me to be. I love you Lord in Jesus Name Amen