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The perfect package
'... Having believed, you were marked ... with a seal ...' Ephesians 1:13
God has the perfect package lined up for you: When you believe, and become His child - that makes Him your Dad. You get His DNA, His seal on your life, and the security of your future with Him. As a child of God, you get the seal of His Spirit on your life: '...Having believed, you were marked ... with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.' (Ephesians 1:13 NIV)
Max Lucado writes: 'For a short time in college I worked in a vacuum-cleaner plant. We assembled the appliance from plug to hose. The last step on the assembly line was 'sealing and shipping'. By this point the company had invested hours and dollars in the machine. So they took extra care to protect it. They mummified it in bubble wrap, secured it with Styrofoam, wrapped the box with tough-to-tear tape, stamped the destination on the box, and belted it inside the truck. That vacuum was secure.
But compared to God's care for His saints, the machine [might as well have been] dumped into the back of a pick-up truck. God vacuum-seals us with His strongest force: His Spirit. He clothes His children in a suit of spiritual armour, encircles us with angels, and indwells us Himself. Not even the Queen is that well protected; but you are. That's how much God cares for you; how amazing is that?
written by Bob Gass
'... Having believed, you were marked ... with a seal ...' Ephesians 1:13
God has the perfect package lined up for you: When you believe, and become His child - that makes Him your Dad. You get His DNA, His seal on your life, and the security of your future with Him. As a child of God, you get the seal of His Spirit on your life: '...Having believed, you were marked ... with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.' (Ephesians 1:13 NIV)
Max Lucado writes: 'For a short time in college I worked in a vacuum-cleaner plant. We assembled the appliance from plug to hose. The last step on the assembly line was 'sealing and shipping'. By this point the company had invested hours and dollars in the machine. So they took extra care to protect it. They mummified it in bubble wrap, secured it with Styrofoam, wrapped the box with tough-to-tear tape, stamped the destination on the box, and belted it inside the truck. That vacuum was secure.
But compared to God's care for His saints, the machine [might as well have been] dumped into the back of a pick-up truck. God vacuum-seals us with His strongest force: His Spirit. He clothes His children in a suit of spiritual armour, encircles us with angels, and indwells us Himself. Not even the Queen is that well protected; but you are. That's how much God cares for you; how amazing is that?
written by Bob Gass
