God has given us all we need

"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."    Ephesians 1:3    NKJV 

Should we be rich in all we possess in our earthly lives, or are the spiritual blessings God gives us, only meant for heaven. This can be a very contentious subject in Christian circles. We have the faith movements telling us it is God's will for us to be rich and, then again we have the people who disagree entirely and insist that we should be grateful for all that God has given us and not ask for more than we are entitled to. This can be quite confusing for many people, especially for new believers.

Regarding our text above, Warren W Weirsbe, famous for the Back to the Bible series, says:

'God the Father has made us rich in Jesus Christ! When you were born again into God's family, you were born rich. Our Heavenly Father is not poor; He is rich - and He has made us rich in His Son. But too many Christian believers today live like paupers even though they have this limitless wealth at their disposal.'     Warren W Weirsbe

In addition, Tony Evans writes, 'God has already given us all that we will ever need. It is in our heavenly account in the heavenly places; we just need to grab them. But only by operating from a spiritual perspective will you have access to God's kingdom power and provisions to deal victoriously with life in the physical realm'.    Tony Evans

In other words, if we live for Jesus, we will never be short of what we need. In fact, we will be as blessed as He wants us to be. God does not guarantee health, wealth and prosperity to the New Testament believer. The blessings of Christianity are largely spiritual. However, this doesn't mean that we should refrain from praying for a house, good health, success and financial blessing. He has promised to give us superabundance (John 10:10) and, Ephesians 3:20 declares: 'Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.' But note the 'according to the power that works in us.' Firstly we need to live and walk in faith, secondly, we need to be praying in accordance to God's will. Does God want you to have riches, wealth and a new house etc etc. If so go for it; but you will only know what He wants for your life as you walk each and every day with Him. When you do this, you will be able to pray accordingly and with great conviction and faith and the doors of health, wealth and success will open.

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