A Roundtable of Blessings

For You, Oh Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield. ---Psalm 5:12


The Apostle Paul had one purpose in life after his conversion from being a strict Pharisee to a disciple of Christ. His purpose was to help new believers and the Church as a whole to know who they were (and are) in Christ. We Christians today must know, not only in our mind, but in our very being, who we are as a result of believing in the divinity of Jesus Christ. For that reason, Paul wrote to the Ephesian church body and outlined how special believers are in the eyes of God.

So first of all, we must know we are a saint, a holy one in God’s eyes. Also, as a result of accepting the Son of the Living God, we are righteous; legally in right standing with the Creator of the Universe. By merely being recognized by God as an individual who has acknowledged and believe in the Holy Trinity; the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we have entered the Kingdom of God.

Now, let’s look at Ephesians 1:3 which reads, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” Notice that there is some blessing going on between us and God. The word “blessed” is a wonderful word. In the original Greek it means “eulogeo” which is where we get our word eulogy. It means spoken words of praise and adoration. In the Hebrew, blessed also means to salute and congratulate abundantly. So if you take the original meaning for the blessing that is going on between God and man in this verse, we would see that first, we are speaking praises of adoration toward God. We congratulate and salute Him for being so wonderful and great. We are praising Him for being the Father of Jesus Christ.

Secondly, we realize that God has blessed us. He has spoken well of you and has also saluted and congratulated you for accepting His ultimate sacrifice in His Son, Jesus Christ. Not only that, but He has spoken or consecrated to you and endowed to you every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ. These are not necessarily tangible gifts like jobs, cars, or houses (although He will and does bless us with natural things. But what Paul is speaking about here are “spiritual” benefits.

We can get a clearer idea of what God means when Jesus told his disciples how to pray; “Our Father, in Heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” This has given us power, as part of the Kingdom of God, to use our authority on the earth. Then Jesus gave the disciples, in Matthew 16:19, more understanding where He said, “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” These are spiritual blessings. They are privileges and benefits that are not carnal or worldly, but from the spiritual realm; the supernatural realm. This week, we will look at all the spiritual benefits we have been endowed with, or blessed with, as a Believer. There are nine of them, so get ready to be BLESSED!

Confession: I bless you, Father. I congratulate, applaud, and I praise You for accepting me into your Kingdom. I am honored that you look upon me as precious and have blessed me with spiritual blessings that come to me as a result of Jesus Christ and His sacrifice on the cross. I thank you, thank you, thank you…..