Dec '25 • DAILY SCRIPTURE
Dec 30: Jesus is God's greatest Gift to Us!
Ephesians 1:3-10
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ (v.3).
When I was 12 years old, my grandfather bought me an enduro motorcycle. I was super excited! This was one of the greatest gifts I had ever received. not only did I want a bike, but I wanted the opportunity to race. The bike was a little bit bigger than what I needed for my size and weight. In other words, I had to not only learn to ride, I had to grow into the bike to be able to enter and compete with it. That was the idea, but things didn't go as planned. I think it is accurate to say that before I ever got good enough to break into racing, the bike broke me and I broke the bike! Several broken bones and a bike that was damaged beyond fixing! What I thought was a great gift ended up being a horrible curse. I ended up missing almost a year of school, which put me behind all my friends by one year. I started to hate that bike. I hated it because I became afraid of it. It took several years before my fear subsided and I started riding again, but my dreams of racing were gone forever.
Have you noticed that many earthly gifts we desire end up disappointing us? it's almost as if the anticipation of the gift is more exciting than actually receiving it. There are times we beseech God for a blessing; then when we receive what we asked for, it isn't as grand as we anticipated. in our fallen condition, we long for that which doesn't ultimately fulfill us. We long for lesser treasures. but there is a gift God gives us that satiates our deepest longing and desire. it is a treasure that is incomparable to anything else. What is that treasure? JESUS! Notice that in today's focal verse Paul makes a dynamic claim. he states that the greatest gift God can give us is Jesus --- the greatest spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. The greatest gift God can give us is His Son. jesus was God's perfect gift because He alone was qualified to pay the price for our sin. what greater gift could God give? Nothing! Nothing compares to Jesus, and nothing will bring ultimate forgiveness, redemption, reconciliation, and satisfaction other than Jesus.
Father God, thank You for giving us Jesus, the greatest gift of all! Amen.
- Read: Ephesians 1:3-10
- What gifts have you received that were unsatisfying?
- In what ways is Jesus the greatest gift God could ever give us?
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Dec 30: Jesus is God's greatest Gift to Us!
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