This one’s for you WRers

 
World Racers… This one's for you.
 
Ephesians 1: 3-14
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, ⁴  even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love ⁵  he predestined usfor adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, ⁶  to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. ⁷  In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, ⁸ which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight ⁹  making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ¹⁰ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
¹¹ In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, ¹² so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. ¹³ In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴ who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,to the praise of his glory.
 
You are chosen. The Lord reached into the depths of your heart and stirred something in you; a longing for more of Him. A desperate need to see nations moved for our Lord Jesus Christ, to see healing, revival, and the glory of God be poured out into this earth.
 
… and Satan HATES that. As you’re preparing for this race Satan is going to do everything in his power to break you, discourage you and pull you down. Don’t be fooled. The power of darkness is very real and very dangerous. But “he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4)
 
In Galatians we are called heirs. We are not slaves but sons and daughters of the most High. (Galatians 4:4-7 ⁴ But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, ⁵  to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. ⁶ And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” ⁷ So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.)
 
I want you to understand what this means. It doesn’t matter what happens in your family, with your friends, at your job or anything else. What matters is that the spirit of God lives in you and there are truths in your life that will never change, truths such as redemption, forgiveness and grace that has freely been granted to you. We are ambassadors of Christ so let us “Endure hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 2:3)
 
The world could fall apart and yet none of what Christ has granted us would change. Our salvation is sealed and we have been given unprecedented strength and power through Christ Jesus. God does not waste a drop of his saints’ blood. For “he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:6)
 
So LETS GO. We are the body of Christ.
 
2 Timothy 1:7
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power of love and of self discipline.”