For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
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See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1 NIV
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If you need $1,000, and you have $1,000 in your bank account, then you do not need to go beg for that money. Why? Because it’s already yours. All you must do is withdraw the money that has already been deposited into your account. Paul says everything God is ever going to do for believers He has already done. He’s blessed them with “every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.” That is, he has deposited spiritual blessings in every believer’s account. Not only that, but Paul will go on to say that believers are seated with Jesus in the heavenly places. It’s like a video teleconference where you’re in two places at once—seated physically in one place but operating in another. Believers are present in two realms at the same time: physically on earth but operating from heavenly places. But what are the “heavenly places”? They comprise the spiritual realm where God and Satan battle for your allegiance. We live in the physical realm with our problems, needs, struggles, and sins. However, the authority and power to address our problems proceed from the spiritual realm. We must understand an important principle: everything that happens in the physical realm originates in the spiritual realm. This means that our problems are never merely physical in nature, but they always have spiritual implications. The problems are the visible fruit, but their root is always spiritual in nature. So if we want to fix our physical problems, we need to look for spiritual solutions, which means we must have a spiritual worldview. God wants our position in heavenly places to dictate our actions on earth. Only by operating from a spiritual perspective will you have access to God’s kingdom power and provisions to deal with life in the physical realm. And remember, we do not need to beg for it because God has already deposited it into our accounts! What are some issues or problems you have personally faced (or are facing) in which you were tempted to overlook the invisible, spiritual causes of the problem?
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Ephesians 1:3 NIV
https://ephesians.bible/ephesians-1-3
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 2:6 NIV
https://ephesians.bible/ephesians-2-6
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12 NIV
https://ephesians.bible/ephesians-6-12
The enemy is not after your relationships, money or your wealth but He is after your Identity and Purpose! He hates and trembles when a child of God discovers their true self and steps out to accomplish a heaven ordained mission. Remember Jesus in the wilderness? Right after heaven was opened, and Jesus was introduced as the ‘Son of God’, launched into public ministry, the devil came and challenged his Identity. He tempted Jesus to deviate him from the very thing that Jesus had come to fulfill on earth. Satan promised pleasure, power and fame but Jesus stayed focused on heaven’s assignment. Christ knew where He had come from and what He had come for! Today, like Jesus, will you stay focused on who you really are and what you are called for? Because heaven is behind you and Holy Spirit will help you to overcome evil.
It’s not the wealth of life but the depth of life that matters the most. When you seek God’s kingdom first and His righteousness, all these things will be given to you! Health, wealth and all that you need, God will provide. If we prioritize God and his Kingdom above everything else, guess what? We become Heaven’s responsibility! God becomes the source of our security. His wealth is at our disposal, to use for His glory! And it is greater than all of the human wealth and wisdom put together on this earth.
Obedience to God unlocks understanding. What are you waiting for? Sometimes we wish that God would show us the entire picture before we can obey Him. Have you restricted your walk with God to only what you understand? Guess what?! Our minds can never fully grasp what God wants to do through our lives. Our logic would never dare to go there. But faith will! Obedience inspired by faith unveils the hidden things of God. Your knowledge and intelligence will only accomplish the dreams and destiny designed by man. But your Faith and Obedience will get a hold of heaven’s plans and God-designed destiny for you. Abraham’s extraordinary faith and act of obedience to God connected him to a supernatural plan of heaven.
Do you want to live for something greater? What is stopping you from believing and obeying? Fear? Doubt? Anxiety? This will only cripple you. Today, let me challenge you to replace it with Faith, Strength and Courage. It liberates you! You are called for something greater. I pray that you walk in extraordinary faith believing only in the One who has called you and in simple obedience to the One who knows you. For obedience inspired by Faith will take you where your knowledge and intelligence would never dare to go.
Let me give you the most important key to hear from God: BE AVAILABLE .By now we know that God is still able to speak, but are you available to hear from him? Allocate time and space in your daily schedule to hear from God. Be available to hear from Him!
‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/jer.33.3.NIV
We need God’s grace, and we want to be reminded that we can choose to set our mind on God or we can choose to set our mind on self. If we awaken and allow our thoughts to be consumed by self or with our circumstances, what will we feel in the end? Discouraged! By contrast, if we choose to pray and seek the Lord instead, there can be peace, hope, and renewal. Remember, you can choose each day whom you will serve. And though it will take a moment-by-moment reorienting of your mind throughout your day, this choice begins first thing in the morning. So as you enter into this daily choice, trust in the One who created the new day and you. He will provide the grace you need to make each new day His.
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord .”
Joshua 24:15 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/jos.24.15.NIV
