But God.....

3/19/12 “But God.” I use that phrase a lot in blogging. This week I decided to use it for meditation. A simple phrase. 6 letters, 2 words. Fitting perfectly with my desire to simplify. Part of my BSF lesson in Ephesians 2. Simply a perfect fit.

Not as simple as I thought. I spent entirely too long on the rabbit trail of deciding if it were a subordinating conjunction or prepositional phrase. But God…..began to teach me some profound truths in those 2 words.

In Ephesians 2:4 “but God” introduces a BIG contrast between the condition of a believer and a non-believer…..from death to life.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:4-7)

But God…..makes all the difference.

Now it’s your turn. Ask God to impact your thinking with those words. They are important throughout scripture.