The Blessed Life #1: Blessed Beyond Our Wildest Dreams

There is a well-known account of a man who spent all his life searching for silver in the mountains of the Old West. This man’s search became an obsession to the point that both his wife and children left him. When the man died a handful of people came to bury him under his cabin as were his last instructions. This cabin was all the man had left. As the people dug the man’s grave, a lustrous gray material began to appear. This location became known as the largest silver vein in California history. The miner had been a millionaire all his life, but he had never been able to claim his wealth, because he was looking in the wrong location.

My question to you is, are you looking in the wrong location for your wealth? The Bible says that we are spiritual billionaires because of Christ' death and through a personal relationship with Christ.

“All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ” (Eph. 1:3 NLT). God gives us Christians, His adopted children, the best blessings imaginable. What’s more, God’s blessings do not rot, rust or decay. Even though we may neglect them, or fail to claim them, no one can take them away. One day our lives and even this world will pass away, but our souls and the blessings which God has for us will never go away.  However, we must first be looking in the right location and second claim what God has already given us.

These blessings are scattered throughout His Word, the Bible. Take for example Ephesians 1:3-14. As I briefly looked through these few verses, I discovered 18 spiritual blessings.  As I mentioned, this is just a start.  There are numerous more listed throughout Scripture that can be our treasures for this life and beyond.

Therefore, I want to encourage you to claim the blessings which God has for you. These blessings are new every morning. These blessings enable us to live above the trials of this life. Yes, we do experience storms in this life; however, God enables us to live above the clouds regardless of our circumstances when we look to Him. Apart from Christ we are nothing; in Him we have “every spiritual blessing.”

Charles Spurgeon said, “We are rich as Christ is rich, when we are united to Him by the living bond of faith.” Therefore, I want to encourage you to claim the marvelous gifts which He has especially for every one of us, for God has just the right gift that you require in your time of need. Thus, I want to encourage you to live the blessed life.

In His service,

        Matt