Good morning. Continuing with this power toward us who believe: in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places. That is a whole lot of power! And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. This reminds us of chapter 15 of first Corinthians and chapter 2 of Hebrews - they also talked about God putting all things in subjection under Jesus' feet. He is the head, and we are the body. Remember that in Corinthians Paul talked about there is no part of the body that is unnecessary. And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formally walked… According to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Yes we were like them – indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. We have to be careful that we don't look down on the people of the world. After all some of us were just like them until God came into our lives. And without God, we would be just like them now. If you have no higher power to please, then there is only you to please. And so you do what pleases you. In your mind, there is no consequences. We were hopeless and helpless. And then the two greatest words of all time - but God. Being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus. We have been raised up with Him, so we should act like it. Father thank You that the reader continually walks as if he/she were seated in the heavenly places with Christ. He/she does and says all things in accordance with Your will.

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