Devotion Corner

Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

No one can make themselves be born. No little baby exerted their will into making their creation a reality. They were gifted life by the goodness of God, and they were brought into this world by His hand, all at the hour of His choosing. God knew every life that would ever live long before any entered this world in the flesh. Every life is made in His loving image, and thus every life is accountable to Him.

So it is with the soul of every life. Each one created by the will and power of God, not by the will of the self. God in His wondrous foreknowledge knew that mankind would Fall, long before Adam walked in the blissful evenings of Eden. God knew a Saviour would be needed to redeem humanity from Adam’s sin; a sin we are each born into and thus carry before God. God appointed a Saviour uniquely able to rescue mankind from its wickedness and sin. That Saviour being the very revelation of the Godhead that is Jesus Christ. This plan of salvation was crafted in the heart of God before the first budding trees of Eden sprung into life at His command of Creation. The love of God was moving long before the angels first sung His glory.

It is in God’s foreknowledge that He knows all those souls who will hear His call to salvation by faith in His sent Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Each receiving heart was known unto Him before the stars of heaven first shone. By His foreknowledge, those who would hear His call to redemption, were elected by Him to know His loving glory through His only begotten Son. Thereby, no drop of Christ’s precious blood would be wasted at Calvary, for each drop was shed for a soul that would treasure its purity, and cling to it for the cleansing of their own sins.

One of those souls known unto God from before the foundation of the stars, was that of Paul. He who had once greatly persecuted Christ’s Church. Yet in the wisdom and foreknowledge of God, He knew when the hour was time for Saul to become Paul. God knew the exact moment when sinful pride in Paul’s heart would yield to loving submission. He knew that hour exactly for you also. So, treasure the God that gave you physical life in His goodness and love; and treasure forever the God who gave you spiritual life in His eternal grace. And remember, He loves you with an everlasting love. Amen.