We Are Blessed

Ephesians 1:3-4 (ESV)
³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
⁴ even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.

Paul blesses God the Father for the blessing we have received from Him. Likewise, we love Him because He first loved us. What we receive from Him enables us to return the same to Him, to His glory, for we were made in His image for that purpose.

His ultimate blessing to us was the giving of His Son Christ Jesus. We who are in Christ partake of His resurrection and restoration as He has assumed His rightful place beside the Father. All that is in heaven is ours for we are brothers and sisters of Christ. No longer are we barred from entering the Garden of Eden, the Paradise of God. We have been reconciled and restored to that which was lost.

The only way we are able to come before God is to be holy and blameless. The only way we can be holy and blameless is to be in Christ. Christ is in the Father and the Father in Him. We are in Christ and They are in us. We are to be one with the Father Who is One. This was determined before the foundation of the world. The mystery of God is profound, but this I know: truly we are blessed.