The halfbaked Bard

Being rooted and established in love. Eph:3:17 Be rooted and established in love. In the love of God. In the unending, limitless love of God. So that, this love will overflow. Be rooted and established is the key word here. Not just know or experience or feel. Be rooted. Be sure. Be immersed in it. His love is always there around you. You need to be sure about it. Not doubting. Oh the deep deep love of Jesus Vast unmeasured, boundless, free Rolling as a mighty ocean  In its fullness over me Underneath me, all around me Is the currant of thy Love Leading onward, leading homeward To Thy glorious rest above. Image courtesy: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trees-drill-into-deep-bedrock-for-water-surprisingly-often/

In Him and through faith in Him, we may approach God with freedom and confidence. Eph:3:12. Earlier the Almighty God was inapproachable. People needed Moses or the high priest or the prophets to communicate with this holy God. Job:9:33/35. If only there was a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together. Then I could speak to Him without fear. But I cannot do that on my own strength. People were afraid of this God. But now I can come to the presence of this same God with freedom and confidence through Jesus Christ. He is the One mediator, between man and God, because He is man and He is God. He has all attributes of God, yet He understands me and my struggles because He is man as well.  He is the only mediator, for He is the only one thus. I can approach this inapproachable God, the Father, only through Jesus Christ. He is not just one of the mediators, but the only one. Yes, He is the mediator, but in no way, He is inferior to the Father. Though He is calle...

Eph:3:6 The mystery is that through the gospel, the gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together in the promise in Christ Jesus. Gentiles are non Jewish people. The non chosen ones. The people who had no business with knowing God. Destined to go after the futile ways, seeking other gods. But now chosen to hold hands in the knowledge of the one true God. No difference. Included in the fold. I am that gentile. I have been chosen. I have been redeemed. I have been saved. Image credit: https://in.pinterest.com/kyndalchiles/friends-holding-hands/

Eph:2:20 Christ Jesus Himself as the chief cornerstone. Base your life on Jesus as the chief cornerstone. Not based on anything else apart from the Word of God. Because in you dwells the Holy Spirit. How do you base it? Through an intimate relationship with Him. His teachings; His standards, let it control your life. But not as a dead teacher's futile words. Not an ideology He wanted to follow in vain. No. He is alive. And He lives in you. He has promised that He will be with you till the end of days. That is the uniqueness. He is alive. He relates. He loves. Base it on Him. Base it on His unending love. Nothing else. The rain came down, the streams rose and the winds blew and best against  it yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation in the rock. Image credit: https://englisharchives.mathrubhumi.com/amp/news/offbeat/athirappilly-waterfalls-thrissur-3084f0c5

Eph:2:11-13 You were 1. Seperate from Christ. 2. Excluded from the citizenship of Israel. 3. Foreigners to the covenants of promise. 4. Without hope. 5. Without God. But now, 1. In Christ Jesus. 2. Brought near. Through what Jesus has done, 1. Our peace. 2. Destroyed the barrier. 3. Divided the wall of hostility. Image credit: https://stock.adobe.com/in/search?k=forgiveness+hug

Eph:2:1-9 Dead. Dead in our transgressions and sins. Disobedient. Gratifying the cravings of the sinful nature. Under the ruler of the kingdom of air. Made alive. By Grace - incomparable riches of His grace. From objects of wrath - made alive with Christ - seated us with Him - in heavenly realms in Christ Jesus. By a God rich in mercy . Grace expressed in kindness to us in Christ Jesus. Because of His great love for us. Image credit; https://www.dreamstime.com/heart-symbol-hand-embrace-line-drawing-minimal-contour-art-good-sign-love-wedding-image226789195