Today Our Daily Bread Eph 2

Ephesians 2: 1 - 22
1 Once you were dead, doomed forever because of your many sins. 2 You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. 3 All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under God's anger just like everyone else.
4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much, 5 that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's special favor that you have been saved!) 6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ, and we are seated with him in the heavenly realms – all because we are one with Christ Jesus. 7 And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us through Christ Jesus. 8 God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
11 Don't forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders by birth. You were called "the uncircumcised ones" by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts. 12 In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope. 13 But now you belong to Christ Jesus. Though you once were far away from God, now you have been brought near to him because of the blood of Christ.
14 For Christ himself has made peace between us Jews and you Gentiles by making us all one people. He has broken down the wall of hostility that used to separate us. 15 By his death he ended the whole system of Jewish law that excluded the Gentiles. His purpose was to make peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new person from the two groups. 16 Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death, and our hostility toward each other was put to death. 17 He has brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and to us Jews who were near. 18 Now all of us, both Jews and Gentiles, may come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us. 19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God's holy people. You are members of God's family. 20 We are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. 21 We who believe are carefully joined together, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. 22 Through him you Gentiles are also joined together as part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
~Lena’s Journalin’~
Did you read what I just read? God points to US as examples of His incredible favor and kindness! He’s a proud Papa, saying look at these kids, they are evidence of what I’ve done, what I can and will do. We are His work of art- masterpieces. How could we ever come near to God? Only through the sacrifice that was made in our place, through the blood of the ultimate sacrifice of God’s Son Jesus. This has got to be a forever impacting thought. What is taking up space on earth? Who is inviting Him in? I’m seeing that this whole life is about who gets "the land" who occupies the space, who takes the place in my heart? Who gets rulership in and of me? Whoever that is given over to is who wins in my life. I’m so thankful for His rule(s), I’m so thankful that He’s taking up space in my life and that he’s overflowing form me enough that someone else can get a taste enough to allow Him the consideration of taking up rule and space in their lives also. We as believers are displacing principalities and powers that have riled us, in us, around us. We as believers are giving God the land back each and every time we obey God’s Spirit, territory is taken out of God’s enemy’s hands! I keep seeing occupation. I keep seeing that God’s people who are getting revelation are becoming willing to let God rule, because they finally see the power that will be unleashed when each one as one joins with God and makes multitudes of obedient sons who unlock God the father’s power to change the world. The more we choose to disobey, the more the earth groans, hurts, cries out in agony. Sons of God arise to your destiny in God. Destiny in God is not self-centered, like having the right job or living in a certain city, Destiny is about knowing and living for Christ wherever you are, it is about telling anyone who will hear who He is and who they are, so that WE, as One, can work the work of God together, pushing back darkness and releasing light. It is NOT about cars and houses, jobs and career goals, corporate ladders or clout. It is about the souls of dying people going to hell if we chose to continually disobey. God wants us to use these other "things" only as tools to further His kingdom.