How Blest We Are

A look through Hebrew 11 takes one through the courageous men of faith in the Old Testament. The last two verses say, "and these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect". These men of old did not and could not receive the reward, the reward that is in store for us. WOW! The thought, that we could be a people that God chooses to give His grace and His spirit of understanding to. To live in this world according to His will. How blest we are.

God loves us and like any other father; he is interested in us and wants the best for us, like our earthly mothers and fathers do. He disciplines us as we grow, which is an act of love. He also teaches us during our lives by things we experience and we can gauge how close we are to God by our reactions to these experiences.

He provides brothers and sisters during our walk with Him. We are one in purpose and are sanctified together. How blest we are. We must love one another as it says in Hebrews 13.1 "let brotherly love continue". 1 John 3.13‑24 tells us all about loving our brethren. Our brotherly love should be evident to all.

Romans 5.1‑2 talks about grace and the glory of God. "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God." God's grace gives us a real hope of regeneration because of his love for us and the whole human race.

God's grace gives freedom from sin. Remember God's word that says we are dead in our sins (Romans 6.11) and also the end of that verse which says we are 'alive to God in Christ' which gives us the sense of being born again to a new life. How blest we are. (Romans 6.1‑14).

We have the opportunity to work out own salvation in fear and trembling, knowing that it is God who works in us (Phil.2.12‑13). We can be free from the world and all its trappings. How blest we are.

We eat of the finest food of God as we come to his table, he feeds us with food much more precious than gold or silver. How blest we are. Therefore let us not keep eating of this world's food, as it is rubbish.

We are blest to be able to put on the full armour of God, so that we can take our stand against the devil's schemes. We have the belt of truth, the sword of the spirit and more (Eph.6.11‑17). We need to keep his word close to our hearts as, after all, as students of the Bible, we know that Satan is the prince of this world (John 12.31) and we are at war.

God is in control so let us not ignore his pushes and prods. He, who is trying to get us to see how it is right to live our lives, and remember (2 Cor.4.4) that God has blinded the eyes of some, at this present time. Do not ignore the mirror to see what God wants you to see. How blest we are when we can see.