Before the foundation of the world

Ephesians 1:4 says "...He chose us in Him (Christ) before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him..."

Now these thoughts are not absolutely correct with the context of this verse, but my mind has used it to go off in another direction....here goes.

It hit me in Sunday school this last week that God chose us before the foundation of the world. It certainly applies to say that God knew/knows who will accept Jesus and who won't. But I began thinking that it is simply amazing that God knew us before the foundation of the world! Before He spoke the universe as we know it into existence God knew us! Wrap your brain around that one for a minute!

When I look into Lilian's beautiful blue eyes, I realize that God knew her before the foundation of the world. And untimately knows everything her life will hold. Her personality, her friends, her bumps and bruises, her fears, her dreams, her first love, her husband, her own children and her own grandchildren. Whoa!!!! And He knew all this before the foundation of the world.

And if God knew all this before the foundation of the world then He certainly knew at Creation, what His own Son, Jesus, would have to endure to redeem this race. Again, all I can say is wow, what an awesome God, Lord, Savior!

Here's some great pictures of His creation...in the form of Lilian ;)