Ephesians 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
I
remember going through a terrible time of depression when I was 18
years old. Believing that I was demon-possessed, I sought out a great
man of God to have him cast the devil out of me. But when this man of
God laid hands on me, he began to prophesy over me. He said, “Joe, I see
you preaching to thousands and used by God to impact thousands of
lives. Joe, you are called by God and the devil is attempting to stop
you.”
“What? I came here for
deliverance! I am only interested in saving my own life, not preaching
nor impacting lives,” I thought to myself then.
You see, what happened
was that at that moment, God allowed this man to step into the timeless
zone He exists in to bring my future before me. As far as God was
concerned, my future had already happened, though I was only 18 years
old then. Today, I am a pastor of a church which has more than 20,000
members. Today, I am seeing what was told to me long ago.
God does not see as we
see. Abraham was a childless, 100-year-old man. His wife, Sarah, at 90
years old, was doubly dead in her womb. (Genesis 17:17) Yet, God saw him
and talked to him as if he were already the father of many nations.
My friend, God wants you
to see the way He sees. Right now, you may see yourself going through a
trial in your marriage, work, finances or health. But God sees a
blessed marriage, success at work, supernatural increase in wealth and a
healed body because He tells you that you are already blessed with
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.
You see, God sees you in
Christ. So when you see yourself in Christ, who is outside time, you
step into the timeless zone. In that timeless zone in Christ, whatever
needs and trials of yours are already removed, repaired, restored or
resurrected! In that timeless zone in Christ, you are already blessed
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places!
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