For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭4-5

God chose us before creation to be his own. He adopted us as His children to shine in the way we live our lives. And the question is why? Why would this awesome God choose us?

The key phrase is: “In love…” God chose us before creation, this  means before we could make any move, before we could think or prove anything, simply before we were even born. Therefore, there’s only one thing that motivated Him to choose us…LOVE.

The Lord cherishes us because he himself is love. He loves His Church, He loves His children as a perfect Father. He chose to adopt us, gentiles who weren’t even searching for Him! But now we’re brought into His family of faith and we truly BELONG to Him.

Our response now is to love our Father back. Love is truly what motivates a man or woman to do things that seem impossible. It gives the strength to endure through every circumstance and it causes change and transformation that spreads like a fire!

So let us go deep in the love of the Father as we meditate on this Scripture, and let us reciprocate that very same love back to him by the actions of our lives!