Complete In Christ

When we read God’s word we are to do so in the hope that through the Holy Spirit we will gain understanding and wisdom which we can then apply to our lives and to help strengthen the body of believers all around us. As we read His word we see all the wonderful promises that the Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father gave to His blessed children. When we read these blessings we have to understand that these blessings rightly divided have already been completed and sent into our lives and it just takes us going through the process with the Holy Spirit to recognize and experience each one of His blessings but we actually have them all right now. It is like a child understanding that right now at the age of 9 they have all they need to be tall enough to dunk a basketball. Now we could never tell a child that in true confidence because we do not know that for sure if they will grow tall enough or have the physical strength, but we know that God’s word is sure and if He says He will never leave us nor forsake us, we should never utter the words that we are alone. It may take time for you to come this realization through many hard times were the Holy Spirit reveals the Lord caring you through trail after trail, but the promise was complete the second you believe on Jesus Christ. In other words we as Christians live a life that is not abundant based on the fact that we are still waiting for the next blessing. If we understand that we are complete in Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit has sealed us then we can know with a blessed assurance that as I study the scripture I get to see all the things that I have operating inside of me. Be the saint, stop looking for them!!! Have a wonderful life of appropriation on purpose!!!!!

Ephesians 1

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus,[a] the faithful[b] in Christ Jesus:
2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5he[c] predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 8that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. 9And he[d] made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
11In him we were also chosen,[e] having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. 13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.