Good Morning!

In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God]. The Spirit is the guarantee [the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste] of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own [purchased] possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory.  -Ephesians 1:13-14

What a promise! When we are saved, when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit as protected by God. Having the Holy Spirit work in our life and seeing the benefits of Him is just a small peek into what our inheritance will be in Heaven. Have we ever realized that we are stamped with the seal of God when we are saved and do we walk that out in our day to day? Whenever we doubt the reason for our existence we need to meditate on these verses, God would not stamp someone as a warrior for Him if He didn’t mean it. This also explains why the devil will fight extra hard to keep someone from making the commitment to follow God, he does not want to see that seal on us and once we have it he will try his hardest to convince us that we don’t have it or that it doesn’t mean anything. How does knowing that you have the seal of the God (Holy Spirit) change your outlook today?

“As the sun can be seen only by its own light, so Christ can be known only by His own Spirit.”  -Robert Leighton

“Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing; we are as ships without wind, or chariots without steeds; like branches without sap, we are withered; like coals without fire, we are useless; as an offering without the sacrificial flame, we are unaccepted.”  -Charles Spurgeon

Dad Joke of the Day:

If you stand by the sea it sounds like putting a shell to your ear. 

Have a great Tuesday!