To you, LORD, belong greatness and power,
honor, splendor, and majesty,
because everything in heaven and on earth belongs to you.
EPHESIANS 1:9-10 (CEB)
God revealed his hidden design to us, which is according to his goodwill and the plan that he intended to accomplish through his Son. This is what God planned for the climax of all times: to bring all things together in Christ, the things in heaven along with the things on earth.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God's great plan is to reconcile everything in heaven and on earth through Christ.
DAILY FODDER
So God's plan is greater than the personal salvation of every person? What does a reconciled heaven and earth look lke?
PRAYER
Creator God, you made it all and it all belongs to you. I confess that I have been and continue at times to be complicit in the demise of your created order. But I understand that through Christ you are in the process of restoring peace and wholeness. Help me to sync up with your plan. I want to be there at the climax of history declaring with the masses that greatness, power, honor, splendor, and majesty belong to you the ultimate planner. Amen.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.