Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. John 11:25-26.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
I include a prayer that is for you by My Spirit as expressed by My apostle Paul in his letter to the Ephesians, which is also just as much a letter to you wherever you are today. And it is that you would know the power that is at work in you. The power that I have put into you by My Holy Spirit residing in you who have been sealed into Christ when you believed in the gospel of your Salvation. Ephesians 1:13-14. And it is RESURRECTION POWER.
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power into us who believe in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in Heaven. Ephesians 1:18-20.
In this prayer you see the desire of My heart that you would KNOW what is the hope of your calling, the riches of glory of the inheritance of those who are in Christ, and what is the surpassing greatness of My power into you who believe in accordance with resurrection power—the working of My might which brought Jesus out of the pit of hell, the grave, and death itself by the power of My Spirit in Him and on Him that He had entrusted into My hands so He could become sin for you and pay your judgment and satisfy your sentence.
And this had been My plan from the beginning, to reconcile all things to Myself in Christ.
Without knowing Jesus, you cannot know Me, and without knowing Me you cannot know Jesus.
All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. Matthew 11:27.
So how do you learn about these treasures that are hidden? Continue reading the passage above and Jesus tells you in the very next line:
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30.
If you are seeking Me, as Philip was, I make it easy for you. I so loved you I gave you My only begotten Son and in seeing Him you see Me.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.” Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.” John 14:6-11.
The unfathomable riches of My divinity are revealed to you in the humanity of Christ. Seeing Him is the revelation of who I am. He is the mystery hidden from the ages that dwelt deep in My innermost being—in My bosom. In seeing Him you are seeing My heart—a heart of pure all encompassing love. And one word I describe the riches of supply, forgiveness, mercy, healing, redemption, and resurrection power: grace. In Jesus, I have lavished grace upon grace upon you.
For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. John 1:16-18.
Jesus is the center of it all. He is in the center of My throne. Everything in Heaven and on earth centers around Him. I created all things through Him, by Him, with Him and for Him. This is all for you who live in Him. And He opened the way when He made peace between us by the blood of His cross for you to come back into Me and rest in My bosom with Him. He is the priceless pearl, the treasure hidden in the field, that you are willing to give all to have once you have a glimpse of who He is.
He is the first and the last, the first word I spoke was “light be” and He is the light of the world, He is the lamp of Heaven, in Him is eternal life that is the light of mankind, the light of life. And the last word I speak in the Bible is “grace” to all in Him. Grace is My divine life in you and I tell you that great grace was on all the members of the early church, the first body of believers in My Son, and there was not one person needy, sick, or depressed among them. My grace is sufficient for you and great grace is an overabundance of provision, healing, and joy.
Who is Jesus? He is My Word and My Word became flesh and dwelt among you so you could see My glory in Him. He is the expression of the essence of who I am and He is the way I communicate and relate with you, that is, by My Word.
When you seek Jesus, you are seeking Me. And I am only found through Jesus, for He is My Word and how I express Myself and reveal My heart to you. I draw you to Jesus when your heart is toward Me and I reveal Jesus to you. Jesus then draws you into Himself, in fact, I seal you in Him with the Holy Spirit as a pledge of your total redemption, not just spirit and soul but your body as well. And I give you through Jesus the Holy Spirit to teach you all things and to guide you to all truth. My divine life, that is, grace, flows into you by My Spirit in and on you, like the sap in the vine flowing into its branches keeping them fresh and green, bearing fruit even in old age. Grace to it, grace to it! Grace can move any mountain, level any sickness or disease and fill any lack to overflowing abundance. And it is found only in Jesus. The cornerstone on which all the foundation of the world is laid and which is the chief cornerstone of edifice of the Church.
“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts. ‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the chief stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’” Zechariah 4:6-7.
But let us go back to our opening prayer for you see more light in the light of My Word now. What is the hope of your calling? It is the hope of eternal life and you have that by the resurrection power in you by My Spirit in you who believe in the Lord Jesus.
Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time eternal, but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior. Titus 1:1-3.
Jesus won for you eternal life and when I raised Him from the dead I raised you in Him and seated you with Him at My right hand in Heaven in spirit and truth, you are still physically in this world but you are not of this world or limited by the worldly systems that do not acknowledge Me. You have the Kingdom and I will supply all your needs according to My riches in glory in Christ Jesus. And that is the next thing that Paul’s prayer asked you to know: the riches of the glory of your inheritance. And what is that glory? Resurrection Power that raises you up from the miry clay of this world to the beauty and permanence of the eternal Kingdom of Light.
And finally what is and what is the surpassing greatness of My power into you who believe that is working in you far beyond all you can ask or imagine? Resurrection power that quickens your mortal body now and raises you up to eternal life to receive and new and glorious immortal body of heavenly substance beyond all you can ask or imagine in accordance with the working of the strength of My might which I brought about in Christ when I raised Him from the dead and seated Him at My right hand in Heaven. And I seated you there with Him, that is your inheritance. Beautiful indeed is your inheritance with the saints in Light.
The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. Psalm 16:5-6.
Resurrection power is the ultimate manifestation of My glory—it is the exercise of My power into you to produce goodness, take away all evil, and raise you up to new life, holy and blameless before Me to live forever. I have recreated you in Christ to be again in My image and according to My likeness, Christ in you, your hope of glory.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. John 11:25-26.
Do you believe that? If you do, you have it even now.
I love you. Seek Jesus. Seek Resurrection Power. Seek and pursue shalom. Pursue love. Above all seek Jesus. He came to seek out and save the lost to bring them eternal life. The good Shepherd leads His sheep to eternal life and they shall never perish.
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” John 10:27-30.