You Are Never Alone
by Bob Hoekstra
Just as the resurrection was essential in our starting out with God (in justification), it also plays an irreplaceable part in our going on with God (in sanctification). In the new covenant of grace, the resurrection is involved throughout the Christian life.
This scripture is one of the great prayers in all the Bible. It begins by asking God to give spiritual insight: “the eyes of your understanding being enlightened.” God desires to give us heavenly insight on this vital matter. God wants us to experience the proper power source for living the Christian life: “that you may know . . . what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe.” We who have been justified through faith in Christ are not supposed to face each day by our meagre, inadequate resources. We who have been born again by the Spirit of God are to live this new life by the power of God!
The aspect of God’s power in view here is resurrection power: “according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead.” Think of the mighty power of God that was at work to bring Jesus from a crucified Saviour to a victorious risen Lord. This is the power that our God wants to unleash upon us day by day.
As great as this display of power was, even more is available to us: “and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places.” This mighty divine power that brought forth Jesus from the dead, also raised Him to the right hand of the Father in the heaven realm. Surely, this power is sufficient to lift us out of any deadening situation of our minds or our surroundings.
