barrykind
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THE GIFT OF CHRIST
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"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has
blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ"
(Ephesians 1:3).
For most of my life as a Christian I sought God for THINGS. When
depressed, I would seek joy. When worried, I would seek peace. When weak, I
would seek strength. When angry, I would seek self-control. When
defeated, I would seek victory. Most Christians are taught to approach God and
seek these things when they are conscious of some lack. For a time it
seems they are given what they ask for, but soon they are back asking
for more of the same thing. Today we ask for patience, and tomorrow we
ask again, and the day after that we have to ask yet again. So it is with
peace, joy, victory, and everything else.
Eventually we must learn that we have everything in Christ already.
That thing called "patience" that we are so diligently seeking is not a
thing at all, it is Christ. "Victory" is no longer a "thing", it is a
Man. And so it is with everything else we need. It is certainly possible
to seek spiritual blessings from God apart from Christ, or in addition
to Christ. What a difference it makes to realize that He HAS (past
tense) blessed us already - not with three or five or twenty blessings - but
with EVERY spiritual blessing. However many there may be, we have them
all. Where and how has He done this? Thank God, it was done the moment
we received Christ and entered into Him as our All in All. God would
have us seek Him first, and not His things. To Him there is no "thing",
for they are all summed up into Christ.
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by Chip Brogden
Infinite Supply
http://www.watchman.net/daily
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The HEART of the issue is truly the issue of the HEART!
John 3:3;Mark 8:34-38;James 1:27
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