ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD THING IN YOU

“That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing that is in you in Christ Jesus” Philemon 1:6

LIGHT FOR THE NOW: Because you are in Christ, everything in you is good.


The word, ‘acknowledge’ is epignosis which means precise and accurate knowledge of who you are in Christ. Because you are in Christ, everything in you is good. All the faith a believer needs is already inside of him. Therefore, a believer in Christ does not have a faith problem. The believer has to participate in the working of his faith by acknowledging the good thing that is in him in Christ Jesus. All of Pauline prayer to the church was a prayer for knowledge. This knowledge is the Greek word, ‘epignosis’ which is precise and accurate knowledge and discernment (Romans 10:1). To be saved is different from participating in religious activity with a deep zeal or passion. When you are ignorant of God’s righteousness, you go about creating your own righteousness and relate with God exactly backwards (Romans 10:2 MSG). You can be full of energy and activity but until you submit to the righteousness and knowledge of God, your relationship with God is not right. Everything you will do will be exactly backwards. Salvation is entirely God’s business and it is a most flourishing business at that. But when you are ignorant of the good thing that is in you in Christ Jesus which is your salvation, you set up your own salvation shops and nosily hawk your wares. By so doing, you fall below God’s standard of salvation because you have already set up your own standard. Salvation is not about activity but about Christ.

The spirit man does not require activity but food. The food of the spirit is words. As you hear the right message about Christ, your spirit is being fed and you are strengthened with might. By feeding on God’s Word, you become aware of the riches of the glory of the inheritance in the saints. The born again man is the custodian of the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. He is the most expensive reservoir of God’s resources on the planet. All of God has been deposited in the born again man. He is the residential address of divinity. The born again man is God’s heaven. He is full of the exceeding greatness of God’s power. All of God’s power is wrought in Christ and Christ dwells in the born again man. Therefore, all of God’s power is wrought in the born again man. There is nothing newer or better than the new creation.


INSTRUCTION: Don’t seek activity. Seek productivity.


PRAYER: I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Amen.


QUOTE: You are the residential address of divinity.


DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: MARK 1; EVENING: 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 31