Being the Church #6

It was just last month we were in part of this passage, but we cannot help but return here when talking about Being the Church: Ephesians 2:
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 

The great truth of salvation by grace brings with it imperatives for how we should behave as the church. First, there should be a great humility when we remember we have been saved from a sea of sin. We have nothing to brag about, except in Christ.  Secondly, we need to be continually prayerful, since we have been seated at the family table with the Father and with Christ. Thirdly, we should be eternally thankful, because we now have God's storehouse of riches at our disposal; there is no room or reason to complain. May God's grace be evident in our lives today.