You Are God's Beloved

Ephesians 1:6

… 6to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

At the Jordan river, Jesus heard His Father say to Him, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.” (Luke 3:22) Later, in the wilderness, Jesus heard the devil say to Him, “If You are the Son of God…” (Luke 4:3)

Notice that the devil not only questioned Jesus’ sonship, but he also dropped the word “beloved” when he said to Jesus, “If you are the Son of God…” You see, the devil cannot remind you that you are God’s beloved because when you know that you are God’s beloved whatever he wants to bring against you cannot succeed!

For example, a girl gives her virtue away when she feels unwanted and unloved. And young people give their lives to sin and join gangs to feel accepted because they have been rejected and made to feel worthless.

When you know that you are God’s beloved, no temptation can succeed against you. Not even the “giants” who may taunt you in life. Consider David. His name in Hebrew means “beloved”. It takes a David to knock down a giant. It takes someone who knows that he is God’s beloved to win the fights in life.

You are God’s beloved not because of what you do. Christ did everything. He is God’s Beloved. But God put you in Him. That is why you are “accepted in the Beloved”. And what He said to Jesus, He says to you today: “You are My beloved son. In you, I am well pleased.”

So if the devil tells you, “Hey, you call yourself ‘God’s beloved’ after what you just did?” you tell him, “It is not what I have done, but what Christ has done. And I am still God’s beloved because I am in Christ!” When you say that, I believe that the devil screams in frustration because he has no power over you when you are conscious that you are God’s beloved. There is truly a place of safety when you know that you are His beloved.

And we are not being proud when we call ourselves God’s beloved. How can we boast when we know that it is God’s grace that has made us accepted in the Beloved!