“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus”
Ephesians 2.1-6
Because of Jesus, your life is already positioned in a fuller, richer, multi-dimensioned reality, in and through the power of His bodily resurrection. At times you sense this; that you do not truly belong to this world’s ways and what many people hold dear. You are pained by financial corruption, perverted sex and mismanaged power. But remember this: God would fashion in you, by His Holy Spirit, with a different appetite. An appetite for the invasion of the New Heavens and New Earth into the present: where holiness, healing and harmonious living can begin to be manifested through your life right now.
Focus on what lies ahead, now and in the days before you. Christ is in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1.27). You are an overcomer (1 John 4.1-4). If God is with you, who can stand against you (Romans 8.31)? In all that you undertake, in Jesus’ name, you will surely succeed (John 15.14-17).
Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that my life is hidden now in you: embraced and enfolded in your healing and reconciling love, lifting me in the presence of my Heavenly Father and filling me with the presence, purpose and power of the Holy Spirit. Help me focus, my Lord, to see through the lens of your concern and care for the people I meet this day. Work in and through me, my God, that I might bear the scent and savour of the richness and love that is yours towards them. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
