Beauty, position and blessings by Gary Rose

Admittedly, it was the fancy font that first caught my attention, but I must admit I DO like the seal (especially after I adjusted the color so that I could see it properly). Then my attention focused on the text of the picture and lastly on the context (which is listed below).

Ephesians, Chapter 1 (WEB)

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,  ⁴ even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,  ⁵ having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,  ⁶ to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,  ⁷ in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,  ⁸ which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,  ⁹ making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him  ¹⁰ to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.  ¹¹ We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,  ¹² to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.  ¹³ In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,  ¹⁴ who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

And that context emphasized the preposition "in", so I underlined it to reflect the train of thought.  What does the word mean, anyway? Well, "in" is what I will call a locater word;it shows position and location. In this case, Jesus, The Holy Spirit and God the father.  If you are a Christian, the you are "in", and if not, then you are logically not in (in other words, outside The Godhead).

If you have some time, just read the passage a few times and I think you will readily see the advantages of being "IN".  Now, that I think about it, that "seal" in the picture looks a lot like a ribbon given to winners. Be one, be in Christ and be blessed!!!   

Your friend,

Gary