Where we stand with God

Sometimes we forget that if we have come into the kingdom of God by the shed blood of Jesus, we are regenerated and renewed! What do I mean by that? Well if we look at a rarely read scripture passage in Titus 3:4-7 we find in verse 5 it says, "not by works of righteousness we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration AND renewing of Holy Spirit". The word regeneration means: Renewal or restoration AFTER an injury or loss! and the word, renewed is defined as: An instance of resuming an activity of state after an interruption! Very interesting because by faith, through our helper Holy Spirit we receive a completely new start when we are born again. Notice how the loss or injury can be thought of as the fall of man in the garden which was a state of "interruption" if you will to the progress and original intention for us as Gods beloved creation.
As we renew our minds to the fact that salvation was not just simply to pray a prayer so we could escape going to hell and go to heaven someday... but a much more majestic a purpose in that Father in sending His son was restoring us back to unbridled relationship with Himself as was the intent from the beginning. He saw the created value in you and restoration to that original condition to resume intimate fellowship with you was the ultimate intent of sending Jesus. We are standing (actually seated with Christ LOL) with the Father in a state of unconditional love, acceptance, favor, and intimacy because of Jesus! Its' Simply Jesus....focus on Him....His life in you and His presence in you is your standing with our heavenly Father
I encourage you to really ponder and spend some alone time with the Lord in Titus 3:4-7 and then read 1 John 4:9-19....I promise you will be Blessed by it!