GOD THE FATHER CHOSE US IN CHRIST BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. We must ever be grateful to Jesus, God's greatest gift. He is the Beloved One. His Father loved Him infinitely and eternally. All His people who know Him love Him. All that is loveable is found in Him, and "He is altogether lovely." His person, His character, and His conduct, are most lovely. All His people approach God through Him, placing their entire dependence upon Him. They are united to His person and are viewed as one with Him. Viewed in Him they are pleasant, acceptable, and lovely in the sight of God. He calls them "all fair," and pronounces them to be without spot. My dear friends, in ourselves we are deformed, loathsome, and most offensive to infinite purity; but in Jesus we are clean, righteous and comely. As clothed with His righteousness, God pronounces us just; as filled with His Spirit, God calls us lovely. Never let us expect acceptance with God but through Jesus; nor let us doubt our acceptance if we come unto God by Him; for Jehovah glorifies and commends His grace to universal admiration, by accepting us in the Beloved. As believers, we are now accepted, nor shall we ever be more accepted. 

For Meditation:
Accepted in Jesus, and perfectly too,
I fain would in all things my gratitude show;
I'd live to His honour, and walk in His light,
Till perfectly holy I stand in His sight.