Ephesians 1:18-19: “I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know (1) the hope to which he has called you, (2) the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, (3) and his incomparably great power for us who believe.”
1. God has a hope for you to embrace.
While our eternal hope is heaven, God has a hope for us, a desire for us, a supernatural way for us to not only experience eternity, but a way for us to move throughout our physical lives as well. Too many of us are putting up with stuff that the enemy is putting on us that we aren’t meant to carry. We believe lies about ourselves which is putting limitations on our potential, is keeping us from sharing the Gospel, from pursuing our dreams, and from experiencing satisfaction in our relationships. Learning to exercise God’s authority will help us live life on the supernatural plane above the earthly realities tied to life and is also above the traps of the devil which are meant to hold us back.
2. God has an inheritance to give to you.
Ephesians 1:13 tells us the Holy Spirit is part of our inheritance as believers. He dwells within us to help us know what is truth and what is a lie that should be discarded as trash! When we hear something that undermines our potential, when we think something about ourselves that will keep us from taking a needed step, when we feel anxious or fearful about something that might happen, we need to stop and call upon the Holy Spirit to ask Him what we should believe. Just as we have to believe correctly about our sinful condition and Jesus’ perfect sacrifice on the cross in order to be saved, in order to live an abundant life we need to believe correctly about what God says about our lives.
3. God has power for us to express.
The same power that raised Christ from the dead lives in us if we are Christians.
