Play Your Position

Devotional Reading: and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6 NKJV

Often, it is either our challenges are going to push us into the heartbeat of God, or our challenges are going to separate us from the heartbeat of God. And I believe we want to be people whose problems push us towards God—sons and daughters who invite God into our fear and into our battles.

After gaining the right perspective, we need to stand firm in our position. God has given us an amazing position in Christ. He wants us to play within the spiritual giftedness of how He has wired us, and to play from heaven, where He has seated us.

If somebody doesn’t know how to play that position, for example, a midfielder who doesn’t know how to take a accurate passes or a striker who can’t strike the ball into the net, it is not going to go right, and there is a problem. Heaven needs us to be competent players, sure of our position in Christ.

In Christ we are a new creation, a royal priesthood, a chosen race, a holy nation, people of God’s own possession, without condemnation, rightful sons and daughters of God. We are seated in heavenly places. Christ lives in us (greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world). On and on and on we could go. Page after page, after page, of just saying who we are in Christ.

Understanding who we are and our position in Christ, preps us to face any kind of challenges knowing the battle has been won even before it started. Truth is, God has never let down a single person in history, and you won’t be the first. His faithfulness is on the line with you, and his faithfulness will not fail.

Prayers and Confession
Thank you God for the privileges I have in Christ. Help me to steady myself in this truth in the face of any challenges. Amen!

Further Reading: Ephesians 1-3, Colossians 1-2