The Tenth Day of Christmas
Posted on January 3, 2026 by under
Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-6 (NKJV)
1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
Devotion
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” writes St. Paul, “who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” Before the foundation of the world, before sin, before time itself, God the Father chose His Church in His Son. Election is not a cold decree, but the eternal act of divine love. Christ is the Lamb foreordained for our redemption, and in Him the Father has made us His children by adoption.
This means your salvation is not an accident, nor is it the result of your decision or worthiness. It is anchored in the eternal will of God, accomplished by the blood of Christ, and sealed by the Spirit. The Gospel reveals that from all eternity God purposed to make sinners His saints, to turn the lost into heirs, to bring those dead in trespasses into life.
In the face of doubt, temptation, or the devil’s accusations, we cling to this truth: “He chose us in Him.” Not because of what we have done, but because of who He is—merciful, faithful, unchanging. The same Lord who chose you before time and brought you to faith will keep you unto eternity.
Collect: Almighty and Everlasting God, direct our actions according to Thy good pleasure, that in the name of Thy beloved Son, we may be made to abound in good works; through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
