You have every spiritual blessing in Christ. You have wisdom, peace, joy and transforming power. It is yours, not because you earned it, but because Jesus earned it for you. All you need to do is connect with God and it will download into your heart. I use a very big Bible software program for my research which is web-based. When I purchase an upgrade it downloads onto all my computers. But sometimes there is a lag between when I purchase the software upgrade and when it actually upgrades the program on my hard drive. It only downloads onto each computer when it is logged on to the internet. Sometimes I take my laptop away on the plane expecting to work with the new software only to realise that I had forgotten to connect to the internet long enough to allow the software to download. This is how it is for us with the spiritual blessings that God wants to give us. They are all ours, but we have to give ourselves plenty of ‘download time’. We can operate in the peace, confidence and power of the Holy Spirit but we are often too quick to run ahead in life and operate still with the old software – that is, the old mindsets and desires. God wants to give you a new heart and put a new Spirit in you. This is what Paul is talking about here. It is yours in Christ. You just need to ‘log-on’ to receive it.
Spend some time seeking God. Ask him to fill you with his Spirit.
Read Ephesians 1:1-14
