The bible states: All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms
because we are united with Christ. 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us
and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his
own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he
wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. (Ephesians 1:3-5
NLT).
Before man was placed in the
garden of Eden, the richest estate in the world had every single blessing for man to
discover, use and enjoy. There was only one condition for living in magnificent paradise: “You may freely eat the fruit of every
tree in the garden — 17 except
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure
to die.” (Genesis 2:16-17 NLT).
Adam and Eve blew the greatest deal of the century by
disobeying the word of God. Man was cut off from God and separated from the
provider of all these blessings. But we serve a God of love and he sent Jesus to die and pay for our sins. Jesus has defeated the devil and we are
joint heirs with Christ.
It is up to us to access these blessings given to us before
the creation of the universe. The bible states: I will give you hidden treasures, riches
stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of
Israel, who summons you by name. (Isaiah 45:3 NIV). How do we access these blessings, hidden treasures?
First step: Come
close to God, and God will come close to you. (James 4:8 NLT).
Jesus said: I have called
you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to
you. (John 15:15 NIV). But Jesus also said: You are my friends if you do
what I command. (John 15:14). And what does Jesus command
of his friends?: love.
This is my command: Love
each other. (John 15:17).
There are nine fruits of the
Spirit. And the very first fruit mentioned, the mother of all fruits is LOVE!
(read Galatians 5:22).
The bible is clear: But
anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:8 NLT).
If there is hatred in your heart for anyone- could be a friend, former partner,
a family member, neighbour, even your leaders. It needs to stop now!
16 God is love! Those who are living in love are living in
God, and God lives through them. 19 Our love for others is our grateful
response to the love God first demonstrated to us. 20 Anyone
can say, “I love God,” yet have hatred toward another believer. This makes him
a phony, because if you don’t love a brother or sister, whom you can see, how
can you truly love God, whom you can’t see? 21 For
he has given us this command: whoever loves God must also demonstrate love to
others. (1 John 4:16,19-21 The Passion Translation). The bible is clear: There’s a private place reserved for the lovers of
God, where they sit near him and receive the revelation-secrets of his
promises. (Psalms 25:14 TPT).
You access the blessings, the hidden secrets of God, the world’s richest and wisest Father when you allow the Holy Spirit to change you from the inside out and begin to exhibit
the fruit of the Spirit: love.
