Bible Verse of the Day Friday January 17th 2020

Ephesians 3:12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

In and through our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus we have many freedoms, from the law, from sin, from death, however, one of the sweetest freedoms we know is the freedom to bow before the creator of all of heaven and earth, the one that spoke the universe into being. 

This verse speaks of how we can approach the very throne of God and not be intimidated by adverse powers that would like nothing more than for us to turn our backs on God. This privilege is made possible by the only position we hold in life, and that is our standing with our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. If this freedom to bow down at God’s throne was all there was to this promise, it would be a degree of awesomeness that is without description or explanation. However, this is not the case, because we not only have the freedom to come before God, but we can do it with confidence (Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:19-22). 

There are two avenues mentioned in our verse of the day by which we might have the freedom to access the throne room of Almighty God. They are first through Christ Jesus and the sacrifice He made on the Cross of Calvary and second our faith in Him. We must believe that first, there is nothing we can do to gain this access, there is nothing we have or ever will have that we could offer God. Secondly, we place our past, present, and future in the saving power of the only way to true salvation, our Lord, and Savior, Christ Jesus. 

We as born again washed in the blood of Jesus, believers, and followers of Christ can go to God with the confidence that He will never reject us. The certainty that He truly cares about us and will never turn His back on our petitions or request. God is patient with us even though we sometimes are impatient when it comes to a resolution to some issue we are facing. 

Even though we have an open door to the throne of God, through Christ Jesus, we should not only take advantage of that when we need something from God, but sometimes just to say I love you, and I am so grateful that I am one of your children. Sometimes when we visit God’s throne, in His presence, let us go in worship and praise, without asking for one single thing from God.

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