Your Response Is Important
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).
Our opening verse is an affirmation of what
has already been done for you in Christ!
You’ve been blessed with all spiritual blessings, and
by extension, all physical blessings as well, because
the lesser is included in the greater. Now, in spite of
this divine truth, the experience of many is at variance
with what God has said in His Word, and it’s largely
because they’re yet to give the Word the right and
required response.
Even if Jesus appeared to you, or God sent His
angel, telling you that you’ve been blessed, if you don’t
respond to Him, you’ll miss the blessing. You might
say, “If it’s God, I’ll definitely walk in the blessings,” no;
that’s not the way it works. You have a part to play;
you’ve got to respond by affirming the same thing with
Him in consent, and walk accordingly.
Jesus said in Revelation 3:20, “Behold, I stand at
the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and
open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup
with him, and he with me.” What if the man doesn’t
respond by opening the door? He’ll simply go away!
So, just because God has said something to you
doesn’t mean it’s going to come to pass; you’re the one
to make it come to pass through your faith-response.
The Word of God that produces blessings for you
is the one you put to work in your personal life. It’s akin
to how you received salvation. Jesus already paid the
price and saved everyone in the world. But then, the
Bible says, “…if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God
hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved”
(Romans 10:9).
From God’s point of view, legally, everyone
in the world has already been saved, following the
substitutionary work of Christ on the cross for all men.
However, until and unless, the sinner responds by
believing in Jesus Christ, and confessing His Lordship,
he’ll not be catapulted into the vital aspect of his
salvation. Your response to the Word matters. The
Bible says He has said, so that we might boldly say…
(Hebrews 13:5,6).
Confession
My spirit responds to the Word, and my faith produces the
desired results. I walk in divine health, victory, dominion, and
in the power of the Spirit today.Hallelujah!
Further study:
2 Corinthians 4:13; hebrews 11:1
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
hebrews 4:14-5:1-10
Jeremiah 44-47
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 Peter 3:1-12
ezekiel 36