Ephesians1: 1-10
Max Lucado writes “What situations will I face more effectively this week if I remember that I am chosen and valued by God?” (2007, p. 10). While N. T. Wright (2004) describes the first section of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians as “a long and quite formal prayer of thanks and praise to God” (p. 5). To respond to Lucado’s question then is to examine my mindset as I set out to overlay Paul’s writing onto my daily schedule. It is too easy to get wrapped up in moment-to-moment crisis in everyday life and too easy to forget to bask in the grace and love of Christ. Further it is too easy to forget to extend the same grace to others that Christ extends to me. How quickly I want grace and forgiveness yet how hard it is as humans to offer the same things we so desire.
This week has been a nice start to my reflection on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians and what a wonderful way to spend the week, as Wright describes “the appropriate context for all Christian prayer, reflection and exhortation: the worship and adoration of the God who has lavished his love upon us” (2004, p. 5).
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