“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus…”
Ephesians 1:1 ESV
God has chosen to bestow upon you the reality of “saint.” Feel strange reading that? Not even sure what that means? Feel unworthy thinking that? That’s ok; join the club of mere mortals trying to grasp the “width, length, height and depth of God’s love” (Eph 3:18).
When we think saints we think holy, perfect, blameless and pure. And then we look at our lives for a nano-second and disqualify ourselves. This is why the Apostle Paul said in Ephesians 2:8 ESV “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”
To accept you are chosen by God to know Him, starts by understanding we have been chosen by God to receive a gift we could never earn. The Hastings Bible Dictionary explains the power of the greek word for ‘saint’ used here; hagios.
We have been chosen to know God and to know Him is to be gifted saintliness; ‘characteristically godlikeness.’ It’s Christ living within us; not just changing status, but changing of our very being. Think new creation. You’re not a sinner any longer, you are a saint because God has chosen you to know Him and become who He says you are.