Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:11-22 ESV)
Once we were far of, we were not a part of the circumcised, and were not a part of the hope…
Do you always feel like you are filled with hope?
Life comes at us hard and we it is really easy to get bogged down in the day in and day out tasks in front of us and lose track of the bigger picture. You see we have hope through the promise that God made to Abraham, in the offspring. Jesus has come and bridged the chasm that separated us from the Father. Jesus made us not strangers or aliens, but part of the family.
We are no longer people who have to knock on the door or ring the bell, but we can open the door and walk right in. We know where the key is, or the code to the garage door. We are a part, we belong. And that is the hope. When everything else in life is falling apart we have the best gift we could ever have by being accepted into the family of God. We are now all apart of the building that is, and the body of Christ…
Remember when it seems all hope is lost, remember you can always go to God’s house and walk right in the back door!
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