Am I Aware of My Election from God?

Am I Aware of My Election from God?

In Eph. 1:3-6 it is written that God has chosen me from before the foundation of the world and determined that I should be His child. This means that I will receive His life, and partake of divine nature. 2 Pet. 1:3-4.

If I have consciously laid hold of faith in my election and have wholeheartedly accepted this offer in reciprocal love for Him, this gives me great steadfastness in my daily battle against my lusts. This gives me a strong consolation that it will succeed, and that God will complete the work He has begun in me until the day of Jesus Christ. Heb. 6:11-20 and Phil. 1:6. It becomes so hopeful and everything takes on a meaning in my daily life—everything I encounter only serves for my best. Rom. 8:28.

As a human being, it is impossible for me to improve myself in order to come to such a divine life, but I must be transformed by being obedient to the gospel. In this way, I am gradually transformed from my old, evil self-life into His new, glorious life, which I see with my inner eyes.

May I make my calling and election sure, every day, by being vigilant and carrying out the works He has prepared for me, in my daily life, with zeal. 2 Pet. 1:10 and Eph. 2:10.

Everything in this world is centered on the elect: both in the earthly and the spiritual. God Himself has chosen them—so who can be against them? Rom. 8:31.

The world with its lusts and unrighteousness will pass away, but His elect, who do the will of God, will abide forever. 1 John 2:17 and 2 Pet. 3:13-14.