“I, Paul, am under God’s plan as an apostle, a special agent of Christ Jesus, writing to you faithful believers in Ephesus. I greet you with the grace and peace poured into our lives by God our Father and our Master, Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 1:1-2 The Message

How vital is your life …?

You mean everything to God. You’re life is part of His plan .. your marriage .. your work .. your interests .. everything that goes into to making your life whole in Christ. There are two messengers: one is telling you that You are in charge of your life … the Other is inviting you to become part of His plan. There is only One Life that will make you faithful inside and out. He will fill your life daily with His grace and His peace. You’ll literally begin to see this world as a place where you are on assignment for Christ. You’re part of His body .. The Church .. with all its parts .. whole and broken .. fractured and freed .. called by name .. loved by your Father in heaven .. the same Father of Jesus .. who fills your life with His indwelling life. Your life is to be a message of God’s grace (His extravagant love) and peace (the gift of Jesus) .. in the world you live in today!  It doesn’t mean that everything in your life is perfect or that you have all the answers. You may be at the end of your rope .. at the very point of exhaustion .. wondering how you can even face the day. You can face this day because two thousand years of Jesus-believers have lived with this truth: Christ has died — Christ is risen — Christ will come again. That means that your life is at the very center of what God is doing in the world today. That’s right: Your life is under God’s plan. It only takes a moment …

“The church, you see is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ’s body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.” Ephesians 1:23 The Message

Ken Chester: Grace-Gripped is sent M-F to Faith-Filled .. Grace-Filled .. and Peace-Filled Followers of the Jesus and friends of Priority One (ken@priorityone.org)