“Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 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, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all”– Ephesians 1:16-23
LIGHT FOR NOW: The believer must comprehend the fact that he is in power; he is in authority and must make effective use of his authority.
God’s power was demonstrated in Christ. His feet in context are the church; his body. Ephesians 5:29 “For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church”. 1 Corinthians 12:12 “For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ”. 1 Corinthians 12:27 “Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular”. This is, therefore, to describe the believer’s identification with Christ in his resurrection and exaltation to the right hand of the father, the authority of the believer. Ephesians 2:5-6 “Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus”. Notice the emphasis – together.
This is the present-day reality of our identification with Christ. We are identified in his resurrection; we rose with him and have been made to sit with/in him at the father’s right hand. Paul thus explained in Ephesians 3:20 stating that this power is at work in every believer. The father’s right hand is the believer’s authority. So, God’s power resides in you, and you are in authority. Ephesians 3:20 “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us”. The power is at work in us. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Keep knowing your realities.
DECLARATION: I am in power; I am in authority. Therefore, when I speak, I speak from the place of authority, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
QUOTE: You can’t make effective use of what you don’t know.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: GENESIS CHAPTER 35; EVENING: EPHESIANS CHAPTER 1
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 