Ephesians Dip - Day 1

DAY 1 - IDENTITY MARKER 1 - IN HIM YOU HAVE EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING

Ephesians 1:3 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.

Paul delves straight into the concept of identity and the first thing he wants you to know is that you are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus. Why? Because if you were reading this letter in the 1st Century in the cities Paul is writing to, you would need to know your identity in Christ. It is the same for us today.

Let’s take Ephesus as an example: with a massive Temple of Diana/Artemis towering over you as you walk to your house church, you might feel overwhelmed with the spiritual power of that god. The temple was one of the seven wonders of the world, it was the economic and social centre of the city. This massive structure could intimidate you, make your God feel small in comparison to the grandeur of this temple. But Paul reminds the Ephesians that they serve a powerful God and not only that, your God has already blessed you in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

As we read the Bible, notice the tense – we have been blessed, meaning we already have it and not any blessing, but you are blessed with every spiritual blessing. When you pray, remind yourself that you are not asking God to give it to you but claiming what you have already been given. Roy Orbison said, “You got it! If you need peace, you got it! If you need financial breakthrough – you got it! Already!”. Knowing this and establishing our identity on this changes the way we act, it changes the way we pray! We don’t pray begging God to give it to us, we pray in thanksgiving, grace and confidence that we already have the blessing we need, we are just waiting for it to manifest in the natural.

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