God desires a cooperative relationship with you. One in which your thoughts and actions foster greater oneness with Him, and gives Him permission to continue acting on your behalf to lead you toward the same. This relationship began in your mother’s womb where God shaped you, breathed life into you*, and granted you free choice—with a conscience.
Yes, your Father God knew you before you were born.*(a) But more wondrous than that, with His foreknowledge God knew you even before He built you*(b)—“before the foundation of the world”!*(c)
Your very salvation was an act cooperation. After you were born God began drawing you to Himself through His Spirit. Drawing you toward your decision for spiritual rebirth through His Son.*(d) With foreknowledge He knew you would eventually make that decision and accept His offer of salvation, freely choosing Jesus as Lord. Choosing Him effectively. In fact foreknowing your choice gave God your permission to pre-choose you as His own. In that way you were “chosen in Him before the foundation of the world”.*(c) What profound cooperation!
“Future You” thus became one of “the elect”*(e).
Future You was called according to His purpose.*(f)
Future Reborn You will be entirely “His workmanship”*(g), recreated in Christ Jesus*(h) “for good works” which God will have already—knowing your future—“prepared beforehand that you should walk in them”. ”*(g)
Future Reborn You was predestined by foreknowing God to be adopted as a child “by Jesus Christ, to Himself”*(i)—becoming an heir of God and joint-heir with Christ.*(j)
Best of all Future Reborn You was predestined to be conformed to the image of His only begotten Son, Jesus.*(k) Pause and meditate here for a moment…
TO BE JUST LIKE JESUS CHRIST!
*JB 33:4 *(b) JR 1:5 “Before I shaped you in the womb I knew you…” *(c)EP 1:4.1 *(d)JN 6:44.1, 6:65 *(e)1PE 1:2 *(f)RO 8:28.2 *(g)EP2:10 *(h)2CO 5:17 *(i)EP 1:5.1 *(j)RO 8:17.1 *(k)RO 8:29