Reflections based on Ephesians 2:1–10.

If, like me, you have been a Christian a long time, you can begin to forget what it is you have been saved from – what this glorious hope has actually done for you even while you are still on this earth.

I think it is important, at times, to think about where we could have been without Christ. A look around our society today should make this easier! In just my lifetime so much more crime, depravity, idolatry, greed, poverty etc has sprung up and, but for the grace of God, we could be involved in it ourselves. We could be part of the ‘I’ generation in which anything goes as long as it feels right for ourselves. (And, unfortunately, we can sometimes get sucked into the same kind of thinking.)

While there might seem to be freedom in doing whatever we want it just leads to death – and we can see that all around us too. But thank God, because of His great love, He saved us from that and brought us into a richness of life that no one without Him can fully comprehend (and we will spend eternity discovering more about ourselves).

Remember: our salvation is a gift of grace from our incredible heavenly Father. We are alive in Christ and that beats anything this world can offer!

Optional further reading: Psalm 130:5–8, Romans 15:7–13.