Where Are You Sitting At?
Over the course of my adult life, I have attended many events that had seating charts. Whether it be seating at a wedding, corporate event. or even at a sporting event, there was always some sort of organized seating. The closer you were to the action, the more your seat was valued. Some people can’t be at the front, but they will decide to just be in the room or the atmosphere. They may choose the nose bleed verses the TV. They may have the mindset of, as long as I am in the room or in the stadium, I am good.
This morning as I was praying to our Father, I went from praying in tongues (my heavenly language) to praying in English and I saw a vision of myself seated next to Jesus. The next thing that came out of my mouth was: I am seated in heavenly places with you Lord Jesus. I went back into praying in tongues and that image kept coming up. When it did, I would say it: I am seating with you Jesus in heavenly places.
My seating arrangement was confirmed as I heard the Lord say: You are seated in heavenly places. Remember where you are sitting.
And He raised us up together with Him [when we believed], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, [because we are] in Christ Jesus, - Ephesians 2:6 Amplified Bible
Just like a faithful Father, Jesus reminded me, his daughter, where I am sitting. You ever been somewhere and got up to get refreshments or went to the restroom and your parent or friends would say, don’t forget where we are seated. We are in section blah blah, row blah blah. You memorize it. You put it in your memory so that you don’t get lose. You make a point to REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE SEATED so that you don’t get separated from your people!
When I looked up the scripture in Ephesians, I found this snippet on gotquestions.org that explained the seating chart a bit from the perspective of apostle Paul: Christians are united with Jesus Christ in His resurrected life. The apostle Paul prays for the Ephesians to understand “the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms”
I want to encourage you today to remember where you are seated. When someone asks you where are you sitting at, I want you to say as a believer in Jesus Christ that you are in fact seated with Christ Jesus in heavenly places! When you remember where you are sitting, it causes you to remember whose you are. It helps you to remember that you are seated CHRIST at the right hand of the Father.
As a way to remind yourself daily, so you don’t forget where you are sitting, declare this: I AM SEATED WITH CHRIST IN HEAVENLY PLACES! Let it sink in to your mind.
From gotquestions.org: Physically, we still live in the natural world. But God, by His great power, and because of His immense love, mercy, and grace, raised us from our spiritually dead status to new life in Christ. We now sit in heavenly places. Our spiritual seat in the heavenly realms is a position of high honor, much like being seated at the VIP table of a Presidential luncheon. We have been given the royal privilege of being enthroned with the Son and will one day partake of His glory. If we let this spiritual truth sink in, it will change the way we think and live. As we sit in heavenly places while still living on earth, we have access through Jesus Christ to all of heaven’s privileges and spiritual blessings according to Ephesians 1:3, but read through verse 14. It is so powerful to help you understand exactly where you are seated.
Blessed and worthy of praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ, - Ephesians 1:3
You are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus! Be encouraged in knowing that!
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