You are the beloved of God
Understand the fact that many believe that Jesus was the only begotten son of God. I am not in a way against such believe because the book of John 3 verses 16 made it clear that,
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
God sent Jesus to died for the sin of man kind and restored man to his place of dominion in His resurrection. That has brought us to the beloved of God. God loves you beyond your imagination. I will not deny the fact that I am among those who used to say Jesus was the only beloved of God, but in His resurrection, that gave birth to many beloved in the kingdom.
God loves you beyond your imagination
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” (2Corinthians chapter 3 verses 18)
I will like to bring to your knowledge going through the scriptures that we did not became the beloved of God at first after the ultimate sacrifice of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ on the cross, His death and resurrection. Man was the beloved of God even before the thought of creation came into place.
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:” (Ephesians chapter 1 verses 4)
Our being the beloved of God was made authentic even before the foundation of the earth. Glory! We did not worked for it. We did not negotiate for that. We never bargained for it and we never pleaded for it, yet it pleased the Lord God Almighty to make us His beloved.
You are the Lord’s chosen
“Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” (2Timothy chapter 2 verses 19)
If this very verse was to be written in the old testament it should be, “Nevertheless the foundation of God standard sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His. We who are made in the image after the likeness of God should live holy.” Yes, we were God beloved and He chose us unto Himself to be holy.
You are the beloved of God not at your discovery, you are the beloved of God at God’s chosen you. You are the beloved of God that is why He has chosen you. It is in God’s pleasure He created and made you. God looking at you draws so much smile on God’s face. You are so dear to Him that you mean everything to God.
“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” (Revelation chapter 4 verses 11)
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:” (1Peter chapter 2 verses 9)
You are highly cherished by God
We need to understand the place of man in God’s heart when God came in the cool of the day to commune with man. How God loved that relationship with His beloved man. It is a Father and son relationship.
I believe you can sense the hurt in God’s heart the very moment the incident in Genesis chapter three took placed.
9 – And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 – And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 – And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?” (Genesis chapter 3 verses 9 to 11)
It was of a great pain for God to witness the breakage in His relationship with His beloved man. If it was possible, God could have turned the hand of things as though man never committed treason. But that would have abated God’s integrity. God is a just God and He will never compromise by any means.
It is wise to know that because we are God’s beloved, sin did not wipe away God’s plan for man kind. Because we are His beloved that is why God initiated the salvation plan for man. He needs man back for the flow of genuine and authentic relationship with Him.
Conclusion
Let nothing in life takes away the knowledge that you are the beloved of God. It does not matter mess up your life has been, come back to Him by accepting the finished work of Christ on the cross and you will be redeemed.
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