Ephesians 2:6-7 
‘And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”
• DAILY READING – 1 Thessalonians 1; Isaiah 11-13; Psalm 112
Vesna Vulović  holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute. On 26 January 1972 while working as an air hostess on a Serbian flight, their plane crashed near Czechoslovakia and she survived  a fall of 33,330 ft  to the ground. Air safety investigators attributed the crash to an explosion from a briefcase bomb, left by terrorists. She was the sole survivor of the crash, which  killed the other 27 passengers and crew. 

Her survival was because her body was pinned to a central part of the plane, by a food trolley, which prevented her from being blown apart when the plane exploded. As she fell, pine trees and snow cushioned the final impact. Her screams were heard by a woodsman. Fortunately he had served as a German Army medic during world war 2 and so knew how to treat her bleeding, until help arrived and she was taken to the hospital.  

When news of her survival broke, the media found it hard to believe. No one had ever survived a fall from such a great height before without a parachute. But analysis from the plane’s black box proved that she actually fell from that height. Despite her numerous injuries that left her temporarily paralyzed, within ten months, she was back on her feet and resumed working. 

Following the crash, Vulović realized that only God could have saved her. Though previously she had been unserious about her faith, but  after the accident, new faith in God, was ignited in her. She realized that she shouldn’t have survived, yet God in His mercy had delivered her.  
We have all experienced God’s undeserved, unearned, unexplainable goodness in our lives, at some point or the other. God’s constant dealing with us shows His goodness towards us. Even our salvation is a reflection of God’s mercy and goodness, because while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. We were completely unworthy of His goodness, yet, in our sinful condition He was willing to show us mercy. And now as believers in Christ, God is set to do even greater and mightier things for us.

Romans 8:32 says ‘He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?’

God desires to bless us beyond all expectations. The truth is that God wants to manifest His goodness through the amazing happenings in our lives.

Ephesians 2:6-7 says ” And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”
It is God’s plan to make us a showpiece to our world. It is His will to take us to the topmost top in life. God has plans to put you in positions you didn’t earn, nor qualified for. God’s favor causes you to reap where you haven’t sown. His grace takes you to where you could never have gotten to on your own. 

Deutronomy 6;10-11 says that God will give us great and goodly cities, which we did not build, and houses full of all good things, which we did not furnish, and wells digged, which we didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees, which we didn’t plant..’

. There are some blessings you may not qualify for today, but  God is going to do a quick work and suddenly you will be divinely accelerated forward. Whatever level you are at now, God is about to give you what you weren’t in line to receive. You may not know the right people or have the money or have the right certificates. But God has shifts in your life, that is exceedingly, abundantly, above and beyond your expectations. If you will stay faithful and just keep honoring God, the lines will suddenly fall for you into pleasant places. 

You may have struggled in the area of your health, your finances, or your relationships,  but you need to get ready for the surpassing goodness of God. He is about to do an inexplicable miracle that will turn things around for you. You will not be able to fathom or comprehend how it happened, but He will do it for you because He is your God. And surely they that trust in Him shall never be put to shame.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the quick work You are doing in my life, Thank You for doing for me what I could never have been able to do for myself. Thank You for the exceeding great manifestation of Your goodness all around me in Jesus Name. .. 

QUOTE 

God’s promises in Christ in your life may appear delayed, but never forget that delays are not denials.  WORDBITE 222. 

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]