Devotional 1.17.25

A Devotional on Ephesians 2:8–10

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

In reading through Psalm 53, we are reminded of our depravity (our inability to redeem ourselves) and lostness apart from Christ. It is a psalm worthy of coming back to on occasion for the reminder that we desperately need a Savior. It is the reminder that Paul uses in 1 Corinthians 6 when he lists a bunch of sins that prevent sinners from going to heaven and then states, “And such were some of you. But you were washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Cor. 6:11). Remembering our natural state as sinners puts us in the proper posture before a Holy God and grows our appreciation for what Jesus Christ has done for us. God saw our desperate plight and sent His Son to provide a way for redemption through his perfect life, death, and resurrection. This is grace: God’s riches at Christ’s expense. By faith, we receive the salvation that He purchased on our behalf. It’s not something we can earn or boast about, it is a free gift that we receive by faith.

God’s grace is enough to save us from our sins and prepare good works for us to do in this life. In Christ, we have been made right with God and do not need to fear. In faith, we are redeemed, forgiven, and adopted into His eternal family by a merit not our own. Not only has Christ done all of that for us, He is also working in and through us as His workmanship (masterpiece, poem). Pause today and remember what you have been saved from and what it cost Jesus to provide that salvation. Prepare your heart to sing Your Grace is Enough and worship the God who saves!

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