God...
who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in
Christ. Ephesians 1:3
The object of our meditation is: Jesus Christ in heaven as our
Sufficiency.... Our Lord Jesus’ resources came from His Father when He was here
on this earth. He voluntarily lived in a state of absolute dependence on Him.
He willed it to be so. He refused to have anything in Himself. Everything He
needed He drew from heaven; He received it from above. When we are in
resurrection-union with Christ, the Holy Spirit brings us into oneness with Him
who is in heaven for us. That means: all the resources upon which the Lord
Jesus lived are at our disposal. These resources were secret resources, that
is, they were unknown to the world. The people around Him were absolutely in
the dark as to the source of His power. There was a secret relationship between
Him and His Father which impressed them. They saw that there was something in
the background of His life, a mysterious power and knowledge, which was not
ordinary to man. He had a whole set of resources at His command which no one
possessed. He had a knowledge which was far beyond man’s understanding. And
because He lived a secret life, a life in His Father, His resources were
mysterious and wonderful to men.
If we live in heavenly union with Jesus Christ by the Holy
Spirit, the same resources are at our disposal. Let us remind ourselves of the
Word which is at the basis of our meditation: “The Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in
Christ.” That means that all the resources which are in Christ are available for
us. But we have to learn to live in such close fellowship with Him as He lived
with His Father in the days of His flesh.
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