Spiritual Blessings

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.

Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬ ‭NLT

I absolutely love this verse and it is one of the verses that slows me down whenever I read Ephesians.

What I love so much is the unconditional nature of everything. It is only because ‘we are united with Christ’. Not because we volunteer at church, not because we live the perfect sinless life, not because we gave the right amount, not because we helped an old lady across the road. No, we have all spiritual blessings because we are united with Christ.

Now, that does mean we need to be united with Christ. As you will hear me say repeatedly, I am not a theologian but I have been around the church for many years. As I read the whole Bible and listen to so many of the great preachers, united with Christ would be connected to him, abiding in him. Does it mean we get all the spiritual blessings at salvation? Yes. Does it mean we still get them if we walk away or are not living for him? Not sure where the line is, so let’s just live for him and abide in Him and then we know we will be OK.

So many things to say, but I will end with he ‘has’ blessed us. Not will bless or may bless but it is already done.

Live today in the confidence that you have His spiritual blessings.