Spiritual Blessings

                             

Eph 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

The object of our meditation is: Jesus Christ in heaven as our Sufficiency.... Our Lord Jesus’ resources came from His Father when He was here on this earth.

He voluntarily lived in a state of absolute dependence on Him.

He willed it to be so.

He refused to have anything in Himself.

Everything He needed He drew from heaven; He received it from above. 

When we are in resurrection-union with Christ, the Holy Spirit brings us into oneness with Him who is in heaven for us.

That means: all the resources upon which the Lord Jesus lived are at our disposal. 

These resources were secret resources, that is, they were unknown to the world. 

The people around Him were absolutely in the dark as to the source of His power. There was a secret relationship between Him and His Father which impressed them. They saw that there was something in the background of His life, a mysterious power and knowledge, which was not ordinary to man.

He had a whole set of resources at His command which no one possessed. He had a knowledge which was far beyond man’s understanding. And because He lived a secret life, a life in His Father, His resources were mysterious and wonderful to men.

If we live in heavenly union with Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit, the same resources are at our disposal.

Let us remind ourselves of the Word which is at the basis of our meditation: “The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ.” 

That means that all the resources which are in Christ are available for us. But we have to learn to live in such close fellowship with Him as He lived with His Father in the days of His flesh.

~T. Austin Sparks~