“[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.” (Colossians 1:13)

This is what God did when we were saved.  Our salvation was instant and by grace.

We did not earn it and we cannot do anything more to earn it.  We were drawn out of the devil’s dominion and brought into the dominion of His son.

Our mind is renewed in its understanding of this day-by-day, but we will be no more be saved tomorrow because of more understanding than we are in this hour right now.

This might be hard to wrap our heads around because we live in a world where it would seem that we have to earn everything that we get.

But this is not the case in Christ.  When we died to our old natures we inherited a new life.

The King walks into our lives and begins to give us good gifts.  It might be hard for you to receive a gift but this is how He operates.

I love the Christmas song called “Good King Wenceslas.”  The first stanza says:

Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even;
Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight
Gath’ring winter fuel.

The song continues on with the King calling his servant near to gather meat, wine and wood. Then they both set out on a journey to help this poor neighbor in his plight at his home near the mountains.

To me this is a picture of the grace and heart of God, and those who posses that heart cannot help but be so generous themselves.

God by grace gave us every gift we need.  All we need to do is remain in the sound of His voice, under the shelter of the most high and all good things will be given to us that we need to live and to have well being.

If you think you will earn it by doing more for God, think again!  You will not.

Everything that I have been given I did not earn…and I have been given lots.

What He did for me He can’t help but do for you because that is His word.

He is the God who blesses all mankind in Christ.

Isn’t that awesome?