Three things to know about yourself – Hint…it’s not what you think.

I suppose it’s possible, sadly, that the power and impact
of this mystery feels diluted for us reading it today. I’ve known Christ as my
Savior for over 40 years. But I don’t want to read this passage like an old
news article. I want for myself, and I pray for you reading this as well, that
we would embrace this exciting revelation as if we were reading it with fresh
eyes. Paul’s prayer was that we would know “the hope…the riches…the power
toward us who believe.” That’s what I want to know today. And all that is
missed if I don’t see the fabulous news – that I am a fellow heir – along with
Abraham! – in the promise of Christ. Abraham’s inheritance is mine. It’s sealed
and guaranteed in the Holy Spirit. The promise to Israel is a promise to me as
well. I want to be in a constant state of awe and for what has been done for me
through Christ Jesus, and I want to live this day walking not as I could still
be – “following the course of this world” – but as I now am: “blessed in Christ
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.”