Last week I wrote the devotional message “Remember What God Has Done.” The whole Bible is the story of what God has done for us – His plan from before He even created the world and throughout eternity. Here are just a few of the many scriptures that tell us God’s truth about the treasures we have as those who have received His gift of salvation by faith in Jesus. It’s like opening a treasure box of amazing gifts when we discover what He has done for us and claim the truth of His promises.
Loved by God
John 3:1 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Chosen before the foundation of the world
Ephesians 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.
Born again
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…
Redeemed
Isaiah 43:1 But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!”
1 Peter 1:18-19 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
Forgiven
Psalm 103:11, 12 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Adopted
1 John 3:1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God.
Romans 8:15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
Sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 1:13-14 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s -own possession, to the praise of His glory.
Our inheritance: assurance of eternity with Him
1 Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
We are His sheep, and He is our Shepherd
John 10:14-15 I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
Called by name
John 10:3b …He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Isaiah 43:1 But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!”
We are the temple of God
1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Never alone
Hebrews 13:5 I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you
Gifted to serve the body of Christ and bring glory to God (Gives meaning and purpose in life)
Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
God knows every day that was ordained for me…
Psalm 139:16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them.
PERSONAL REFLECTION
As you have read these scriptures, which ones encourage you most right now?
Is there a reason it was helpful to be reminded of that verse?
Do you know someone you could share these verses with to encourage them?
What wonderful things to focus on!
Thank you for the encouragement!