More than We Dare Hope
June 22, 2025
Ephesians 1:1-14
He destined us for adoption as his children
through Jesus Christ.
Each of us has images of God, of who God is, and of what God does. The Apostle Paul writes to Christians in Ephesus who have their own images of God — some thought God was only for the Jews, others clung to human traditions. However, Paul writes that God is far greater and more wonderful than our limited understanding.
In today's passage from Ephesians, we discover a God who blesses, creates, loves, and embraces us as His own —redeeming us through Christ’s blood, forgiving our sins, and paying a price we could never afford. This is not a God who only lives on Sunday mornings or stays distant from our lives. This is a God whose eternal purpose is to lovingly draw us to Himself, not to punish, but to restore. God invites us to come—whether we are saints or sinners, strong or doubting—and to see that the Lord is good, that His mercy endures forever, and for us to know that God sees far greater things in us than we often see in ourselves.
