He’s Given You All Things…Including Himself
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are
yours (1 Corinthians 3:21).
Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.” That’s a fundamental
truth of the Gospel: the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ! However, as you get higher in
the understanding of the Gospel, you’d discover that
Jesus really doesn’t stand away and give you eternal
life; He’s Himself eternal life. In giving you eternal life,
He actually gave you Himself. Hallelujah.
No wonder, the Apostle Paul, by the Spirit, said,
“...all things are yours” (1 Corinthians 3:21). That’s
because all things are in Christ, and He’s in you.
Therefore, all things are yours, things present and things
to come. He couldn’t see anything that wasn’t already
yours. The day you come to terms with the fact that all
things are yours, it’ll change your thinking and prayer
life. You’d stop asking God for things. If it’s true that
all things are yours (and it’s true), what then could you
possibly be asking for?
Stop praying and asking God for healing; take
divine health, for it’s yours in Christ Jesus. If all things
are yours because Christ is in you, it means that divine
health is already yours; you don’t have to pray or ask for
what’s already yours. What you do is to acknowledge
what belongs to you (Philemon 1:6); claim ownership
of it in your words and actions. That’s how to walk in
the Word and in the Spirit; affirming the Word in faith,
irrespective and independent of circumstances.
Now, you can understand why the Lord Jesus
said, “...Take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on” (Luke
12:22). He’s your source and your sufficiency. In Him,
you have all things. Refuse to be conscious of lack,
because in reality, there’s nothing you don’t have.
Christ is in you, and Christ is everything. Hallelujah!
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for giving me all things in Christ
Jesus. I cast all my cares upon you and lay all burdens down
at your feet! I rejoice, knowing that all my needs are met,
because Christ is my source and my sufficiency! He’s my
all; in Him I have all I require for life and godliness; all I
require to live triumphantly and please Him in the life of
righteousness. Hallelujah.
Further study:
2 Peter 1:3; Colossians 1:27; 1 John 5:11-12
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
James 3:14-4:1-12
ezekiel 22-23
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 John 5:1-21
daniel 5-6