Longing For Acceptance And Equality….

With all the efforts to establish equality, there’s only one way to truly achieve it. It’s not until you come to the foot of the cross, repent of our sin, and humbly submit control in our life over to Jesus that we achieve God’s purpose (at least willfully). And His purpose is to equally share in His glorious riches. Did you catch that? Equally is the emphasis here. Equality will never be achieved through man’s effort. It can’t. You can not force hatred and anger out of someone. Punishment doesn’t change a person’s heart. The heart of man can never change. That’s man’s dilemma. The only solution is to have a heart transplant; to get a new heart, not one of stone, but of flesh. That’s what happens when we come to Jesus. A great exchange happens. We are given a new heart with new desires. The old is thrown out. And best yet, we are given the right standing with God, because now He sees Jesus when He looks at us. That’s what it means to become a Christian, a believer, by putting out trust and faith in Jesus. We are given new hearts and we get to experience God’s plan: equally (United) sharing in God’s glorious riches. Equality on earth without Jesus is like searching for a specific grain of salt in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s just not gonna happen. Jesus is the answer to the longing of the human heart. He gives meaning to life. Choose Him and you’ll get to experience peace in your longing for acceptance and equality. Reject Him and you’ll find your protests lasting throughout eternity, continually raising a fist in vain.

1 When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles . . . 2 assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending His grace to you Gentiles. 3 As I briefly wrote earlier, God Himself revealed His mysterious plan to me. 4 As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ. 5 God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by His Spirit He has revealed it to His holy apostles and prophets.6 And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus. 7 By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving Him by spreading this Good News.8 Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, He graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ. 9 I was chosen to explain to everyone this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.10 God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display His wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. 11 This was His eternal plan, which He carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.12 Because of Christ and our faith in Him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence. 13 So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored. Ephesians 3:1-13