Topic: You Are God’s Beloved [Devotional 24 October 2018]
“To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the beloved”.Ephesians 1:6
When God said of Jesus, this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, it was an announcement to the powers of hell that: If you like, bring your best shot, you cannot defeat this one. God was saying, Satan, don’t go there because if you go there, you will see my other side. Do you know that God has said the same thing concerning us? We have been accepted in the beloved. I am God’s beloved! Therefore, I cannot lack any good thing. I am His beloved, so I must have shelter. He will dress me up. I must have a car. My desires are met. Sickness will not destroy my body because I am His beloved.
I am so excited about the love of God. The Bible says, who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Is it tribulation, distress, persecution, nakedness, peril or sword? Absolutely nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Rather, in all these things, we are more than conquerors. You are a winner!
Do you know what that means? No matter what, head or tail, you win. You can never lose. Do not let the devil lie to you and say because you did something wrong or because you committed sin, God no longer loves you. No! He loves you. He may not love what you did, but He still loves you. A father may not love what his son has done, but he cannot deny his son.
God loves you and His love will fight for you. The love of God will shut the mouth of the enemy. The love of God will elevate you. Don’t ever approach God with the sense of inferiority complex or condemnation. You have a seat on the table. Nothing shall separate you from His love. Not even an accusation from the pit of hell. God loves you and so he will take care of you.
Further reading: Ephesians 1:1-7; Romans 8:28-39
Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Jeremiah 3-5; Evening- 1 Timothy 4
Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.
