AND GOD PUT ALL THINGS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST,

AND HE GAVE HIM THIS AUTHORITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHURCH” EPHESIANS 1:22 NIV

Carefully read this promise of God. God, who is authority over ALL, passed that same authority with Christ. He did it for the believer’s benefit – for you and I who believe.

Let me state the obvious; God has made Christ the head, over all things created for our benefit. If God who created all things is above all things and shares that authority with our Savior for our sakes, what does that mean? Dear brothers, sisters, it means that you and I also stand in the authority of God over every underling that would raise its ugly head to defeat us.

Secondly, God has not shared such put ALL THINGS under the authority of Christ for a building. Isn’t that most of us are think of when we say, “Church”? NO, the church is the living-breathing expression of God in this earth – “The Church” are God’s people; His Redeemed. Christ did not die to have victory over buildings or denominations or name plates. God put all things under the authority of Christ so that nothing should rule over us; all sin is already subjected to His authority, all principalities and powers, every trial tribulation and heart-ache. That is not to say that we will never experience such battles; it does indicate that we have already won those battles as we face them.

Jesus said, “You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous for what others have, and you can't possess it, so you fight and quarrel to take it away from them. And yet the reason you don't have what you want is that you don't ask God for it.” JAMES 4:2

Why is it that you are I are more likely to fight and strain and scheme than to merely turn to the Father who loves us and ask? Dare I say we are crippled by the lack of wisdom and faith? I say wisdom rather than knowledge because most believers understand that God is able to help, but, by our lack of faith, we don’t know how to ask. Our natural initial response is to struggle on our own rather than to turn to the One who has been all authority over Heaven and earth and ask.

Let us, who are the Church look to our Head, who is not the Elders or the Pastor, but is Christ and let us freely ask Him for all that we need. Amen!