Called by His Grace When It Was Pleasing to Him

Galatians 1:15

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

When it pleased God, He called us from darkness, blindness and ignorance into the light and knowledge of the Gospel.  When it pleased God, He called us out of bondage to sin into the liberty of Christ.  When it pleased God, He called us from the fellowship of men into fellowship of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  When it pleased God, He set us apart to have our names written in the Lamb's Book of Life.  It was all through His grace.  It was all in His timing. 

In our arrogance and our ignorance, we often expect God to show up exactly when we want Him to and in what manner we want Him to.  In doing so, we often miss Him when He shows up in the birds, in the trees and in the smiles and words of those around us.  The facets of Our Almighty God are beyond our understanding.  Most of His good work goes unseen and unappreciated by us.  It is the shallowness of our relationship that creates this phenomenon.  

When it pleased God, He called us from dependence on our own righteousness to trusting in His Son, Jesus Christ.  As we begin to focus entirely on Jesus and less on ourselves, our eyes are opened to see how everything God does is done in perfect timing when it is pleasing to Him.  

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for the never ending flow of Your grace in our lives.  We rejoice in knowing that You have a perfect plan for our lives and that You will release it according to Your perfect timing.  We pray, Father, that you will help us to turn our focus away from ourselves and turn our attention to Your Son, Jesus.  We pray that the Holy Spirit will open our eyes so that the fullness of Your grace is revealed to us in every aspect of our lives.  We ask these things in the name of the Resurrection and the Life, Jesus Christ.