‘And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;’
You who had no desire whatsoever for God until He gave you new life. You who were more than happy in your sin. You who delighted in the world and its ways.
‘Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.’
Just as a dead man cannot respond to a call to wake up, neither could you or I until God, by the Spirit, breathed new life into us and drew us to Him.
But He did, O what love.
He even had mercy on me and you, what a wonder of love, grace and mercy!
‘But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.’
Such love, the depths of which we’ll never fully understand but just a taste is enough to fill us with wonder.
Then will we not live each moment for Him who loved us and gave Himself us?
With love
Eph 2:1-7