Revelation 5:12 ‘Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.’

DAILY READING            •    Galatians 5:16-26; Ezekiel 1; Psalm 148

In the 1980s, archaeologists discovered an ancient papyrus dating back to around 170 BC. The document is a receipt for payments made over the course of several months. Because the papyrus is only a fragment, it is not clear to whom these payments were made, but one thing is very clear; written at the top is the Greek word ‘tetelestai’, indicating that the accounts listed had been paid in full. This is the same word Jesus used on the cross, translated in English, “It is finished.”

Jesus paid in full the price for our salvation. He purchased for us all that we need to live in victory. Yet our state as believers today is somewhat like the state of Ancient Israel whom God allocated so much land to, yet they were unable to claim it all. The size and area of the land that God promised to Abraham was vast. Yet, when God delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt, the people refused to enter the Promised Land. It took forty years in the wilderness before they finally began to take possession of what God had promised. And even then, they did not do a thorough job. Joshua 13:1  says “Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed”.

Even at its greatest extent under the reigns of David and Solomon, the land still was not fully possessed. And sadly, even up till today, Israel has never reached the boundaries of the land God originally promised to Abraham. This was not a failure on God’s part, but rather a failure on the part of Israel to fully claim what was theirs..

Likewise, Jesus  through His Blood, has won a total victory for us at Calvary. But it is up to us what extent of that victory we can enjoy. Revelation 5:12 says Jesus was slain to receive for us power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.  Jesus paid the redemptive account in full. But ignorance or lack of knowledge is the reason why many are still not walking in the full reality of their redemptive inheritance.

By covenant every child of God, belongs to the top. We are to be the head and never the tail, above only and never beneath. Christ has paid the price for every affliction, that is why concerning you, affliction cannot arise a second time. But it is only through the knowledge of God that we can walk in the fullness of our inheritance.

2 Peter 1:3 says  ‘According as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him.’ Indeed our inheritance is tied to our knowledge of God. Let us therefore seek to know God more and more through quality time spent with Him in worship, prayers and in-depth study of The Word. Through such intimate fellowship,  faith is birthed in our hearts to go forth and fully possess all God has given to us.

PRAYER: Lord, thank You for the price You paid at the cross for my salvation. Please grant me fresh appetite for Your Word and Your Presence, so that I can acquire the faith I need to go forth and possess my possessions in Jesus Name. .

QUOTE :

The treasures of God are never on the shallow end, but are always buried in the depth of God’s Word. It takes a personal discovery to get there. – WORDBITE 222