A TOUCH OF HEAVEN

Ephesians 5:30 KJV For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

I wonder if we’ve done any flying like an eagle lately, or do we feel like we’re still stuck in the chicken coup? Just recently I wrote about the eagle who suddenly realised who he really was and he began to soar on the thermals far above the chicken coup he’d had been raised in. In the same way God wants us to realise more and more who we really are in Christ.

Our verse says we are one with Jesus as He is now, seated with all authority and all power at the right hand of God’s throne, and everything has to bow to His name. Because He is in us, His anointing is also inside us, able to flow through us to others, but we need to believe it, for us to be able to fly like an eagle!😊

 In order to believe it we have to agree with God’s word and speak it out because our faith is released through words. “I am one with Jesus and I carry His anointing to do the things He tells me to do. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”    

1 Corinthians 6:17 AMP But the one who is united and joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 

I was reading how that means we are permanently and deeply connected in our innermost being with Jesus and that is how God wants us to see ourselves. Our spirit is just like Jesus because His Spirit is joined with our spirit, we are one with Him!😊

When Jesus healed the sick or washed His disciples feet He knew who He was, the Son of God Most High. He was totally secure and so He was able to do the miraculous but also the mundane to serve others, knowing His Father loved Him and He carried His anointing. Wherever He went He brought something of Heaven with Him and often said the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

God is reminding us we are one with Jesus Christ, that we are anointed and equipped with His anointing to go out each day and bring a touch of Heaven to those around us whether we’re standing at the kitchen sink, doing the shopping , going to work or going out for coffee with friends. It’s so His will can be done on earth as it is in heaven. God wants us to ‘see’ ourselves doing the things Jesus did. What did Jesus do? He says we are one with Him and can do the same.

What an amazing, mind boggling thought!😊

Lord give us deeper revelation and understanding of who we really are in Jesus and what You tell us we can do. Amen.

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GOD’S GOODNESS AND MERCY

Psalm 136:1 NKJV Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

When everything is going well it’s easy to praise God, but even when they’re not we still have many reasons why we can. Here are just two reasons  - because He is good and because His mercy endures forever. When we lose sight of either of those two truths we may struggle.😊

When we keep going over the traumas and looking at the troubles, and we question God’s ways or the truth of His Word, we’re in danger of exalting our own thoughts and our own reasoning over our Creator, which is not good!

I expect we have all had times when we’ve questioned God and asked why He had allowed a situation, why are things the way they are, but when we do that we are leaning on human reasoning instead of leaning on God Himself. We are questioning His integrity, His wisdom and it’s a slippery slope from there to confusion and upset.

In the Garden of Eden, Eve fell into that trap and we all know the result! Instead, let’s declare the goodness of God and remember how patient and full of loving kindness He is towards us. Remember He has promised us a future and a hope, to work things out for our good despite our circumstances or our failures. Remember He has never failed to uphold us and help us, to be always present in our troubles.

Let’s remember His mercy endures forever, that even when we fail He is full of mercy. He remembers we are dust, that the blood of Jesus has washed away all our sins. Never let us forget that without Jesus we would be lost and heading for judgement, but with Jesus we are headed for a glorious eternity with our Maker, the One who loves us.😊

No matter how many pressures and troubles there are in our lives, let’s refocus and put our eyes back on Jesus, our Saviour, our Redeemer and praise Him because He is worthy of all our praise. He was tortured, He was beaten, He was whipped and crucified for our sake. He accepted the punishment for every one of our sins at the Cross, so lets bow the knee to the only One who loves us with the kind of love we may never fully understand, but stand lost in wonder at it.

Even on our down days when we’ve allowed ourselves to look at our circumstances instead of our Saviour, our God is good and His mercy endures forever. May we ever declare it and never forget it, and give Him all the praise and thanks He deserves. In Jesus name. Amen.