“Seize Eternal Life”
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal
life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast
professed a good profession before many witnesses
(1 Timothy 6:12).
The underlined portion of our opening scripture,
as rendered in the Greek, is “epilambanomai.”
It means to take a hold of something without letting
go. Here, the Apostle Paul takes a step further from
what we read in 1 John 5:13, which we studied in our
previous lesson. He says, “Don’t just be aware that you
have eternal life; seize eternal life; take possession of
it.” In other words, don’t let it be a mere theoretical
knowledge to you.
Someone may be singing, “I’ve got the life of God
in me…” but he’s not walking in the consciousness
of that life, nor acting like it. Every now and then, he
gripes, “You know, I’ve had this migraine headache
that has been with me for fifteen years.” No one who’s
taken a hold of eternal life talks like that. Eternal life
is the God-life; it’s incorruptible. It can’t be tainted,
defiled or corrupted by sickness, disease, failure, death
or the devil. It’s the divine life.
You might be praying, “Oh God, please take away
this sickness from me”; that may not change anything.
You might say, “But God says ‘I’ll take sickness away
from among you’”; He already did that in Christ Jesus.
In God’s eyes, you’re already perfect, even though you
might be going through trials, pains, and difficulties. To
Him, you’ve been perfected in Christ Jesus. He sees
you the way He sees Jesus. In His sight, there’s nothing
wrong with you.
Therefore, align yourself with His thoughts and
visions, through the Word, and declare, “I’m perfected
in Christ Jesus; I refuse to accommodate any sickness,
disease or pain in my body, because I have the life of
God in me! I’ve taken hold of eternal life.”
You’re an associate of the God-kind; the life and
nature of God have been imparted into your spirit.
Prayer
I’ve taken a hold of eternal life.
Therefore, it doesn’t matter the trials, pains, and difficulties in the
world, I’m unperturbed because I live in, and by, the Word of God.
My life is the revelation of the graces and realities of the Word!
I live triumphantly over sickness, disease, Satan, and the systems
of this world, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further study:
1 John 1:1-2; 1 John 5:11-13
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
exodus 13-14
Matthew 19:1-15
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 10:12-22
Genesis 27