“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places” – Ephesians 1:18-20
LIGHT FOR NOW: All of God’s power is inside you.
The purpose of Paul’s prayer in verses 18 and 19 of Ephesians 1 was that the eyes of the believers’ understanding may be enlightened. Their spiritual eyes needed to be opened and deepened for discernment of realities that are outside and beyond physical sight and perception; their inner man being prophetically and supernaturally opened to revelatory insights and foresight. This spiritual blindness needed to be taken away by the enlightening of the eyes of the believer’s understanding for three main reasons; that they may know:
- The hope (benefits) of their calling.
- The riches of the glory of their inheritance.
- The exceeding greatness of God’s power toward/available to the believers.
In essence, Paul is telling the believers that you’ve got a divine open-cheque marked power, promotion, prosperity, wealth, health, joy unspeakable, peace, and eternal life, victory over Satan, righteousness, and goodness. But you don’t know the cheque you are carrying and you have not yet cash it because you simply are ignorant of its value and worth. It’s time to cash that heavenly cheque which is in your hand. This cheque, the hope of your calling, the riches of God’s glorious inheritance and the exceeding greatness of His power at work in you was given to you when you got born again. It’s the work of grace and Jesus put it into your hands as a credit to your account but debit to His account; That’s all grace is about; God riches at Christ’s expense.
This is the same power Paul discussed later in chapter 3 in the same epistle, “Now unto him that is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us” (Ephesians 3:20). Paul describes the nature and excessiveness of this great and exceeding power, hope and riches that are at work in you. He does this by drawing a parallel and relationship between the power that is at work in us and power of God that was in Christ. He demonstrates that the extent or nature of God’s mighty power, authority and riches that are available to believers can only be illustrated and understood in the light of God’s supernatural work and possession in Jesus Christ. Hence, the believer does not have a power problem because all of God’s power is inside the believer. So, the power in Christ is the power in the believer (Christ is in the believer). Instead of praying for God to fill you with power, you should be praying for the knowledge of the power you already have or that He has already filled you with. Unleash this power inside you in the place of prayer and you will see it go beyond target; you will see its might and you will see how it will change and rearrange things in your life. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Stop looking for what you already have; make use of what you have.
CONFESSION: Father, thank you for your power at work in me which I make available in the place of prayer and it goes forth to change and rearrange things in my life, in Jesus Name, Amen.
QUOTE: You can’t walk in the totality of your reality when you are ignorant of your reality in the first place
DAILY READING: MORNING: 1CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15; EVENING: 2CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 