Did you know that you’re like a secret agent? I mean that very literally. You know how in spy thriller movies and television shows, secret agents creep around, getting information on whatever case they’re on? We kind of get to do the same thing, but rather than trying to solve a mystery, we’re out to bless people.
I believe that having a natural ability to be a blessing is a gift, but I also believe that it’s a gift all Christians should have on one level or another. While it might not be that you walk into a room and people get blessed, we are called to be a blessing to this world. They might not always receive us as such, but that doesn’t stop us from providing people with an opportunity to be blessed.
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We’ve come to the end of our series on the promises to the overcomer! I hope this study has gotten you excited about your faith and excited to partner with Jesus to appropriate these promises on the earth today, as well as one day in Heaven.
This week, I want to look at the seventh and final promise to those of us who overcome the world through our belief in Jesus Christ. It’s another favorite of mine (what can I say – they’re all my favorites!). But this one is particularly moving to me. The very idea kind of makes me a little giddy. The verse is found in Revelation 3:21: “He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant to him [the privilege] to sit beside Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down beside My Father on His throne.” We are cruising right through this series! Next week is the last one, and both this week’s post and next week’s touch on some super cool topics. I want to remind you that though some of these promises look like we might have to wait until Heaven to get them, they are available to us right now – it’s just that we have to figure out how to access and appropriate them in the here and now. Ask Holy Spirit how – He is very good at revealing those kinds of things to us!
This week’s verse is found in Revelation 3:12: “He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God; he will most certainly never be put out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends out of heaven from My God, and My [own] new name.” As we come to the fifth week in our ‘To the Overcomer’ series, we also come to my personal favorite promise. This week’s verse is found in Revelation 3:5:
“He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God] will accordingly be dressed in white clothing; and I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, and I will confess and openly acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels[saying that he is one of Mine.]” There are three distinct promises contained within this verse. 1) we will be dressed in white clothing, 2) Jesus will never blot out our names from the Book of Life, and 3) He will confess and openly acknowledge our names before the Father and the angels. |
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