"I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance. 19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power 20 that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms."
I don't know about you, but I need to receive this pray that Paul prayed thousands of years ago! I need my heart flooded with light today, so that I can understand the confident hope that God has given to me. I needed to read that I am God's rich and glorious inheritance, how about you? I needed to be reminded of the incredible greatness of God's power that's available for me, how about you?
Are you facing a challenge today, perhaps a mountain you have been climbing for seemingly years and years with no true progress being made? You still feel like no matter how much you climb you keep seeing the same surroundings, nothing changes.
Allow this scripture to encourage you today as it does me; the incredible greatness of God's power is available to you! The incredible greatness of His power. His power does not stop short of anything. His power is not determined by your past, present or future. His power cannot be stopped by all the legions of Hell. His power does not need permission to operate.
But I believe before we can see God's incredible greatness of power displayed in our life, we have to accept the first part of the verse - we have to believe that we are His rich and glorious inheritance. Yes, I am. The mess of a person that I am, flawed in so many ways, I AM HIS RICH AND GLORIOUS INHERITANCE. That means God is looking forward to inheriting me in His Kingdom! Like a loving daddy waiting for his little girl to get home, God is waiting with baited breath to have me for all of eternity. Woah. That's a pretty heavy pill to swallow.
So the sooner I accept that truth, the sooner I'll welcome the incredible greatness of His power in ALL areas of my life. I have to first know that I'm His desire...if I don't accept that, I'll never fully accept His power in my life, because I won't think I'm deserving of it. But I am. And so are you.
So today, know that you are MORE than a conqueror - know that you are the head and not the tail - know that you are above and not beneath - know that you are destined for greatness - know that the mountain shall be moved - but most of all, know that you are His rich and glorious inheritance and God Almighty Himself can't wait to hang out with you...forever.
