Ephesians 1:3 > "every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places"

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"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ," (Ephesians 1:3)

So, God "has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places". And these spiritual blessings are "in Christ". So, if Jesus now lives in us, does this mean that now already we can experience and enjoy Heaven's own spiritual blessings? If this God's will for us now?

Well . . . Jesus says, "All things that the Father has are Mine," in John 16:15. So, I see how Paul means that in Jesus we do have all the spiritual good which God has . . . shared with us. 

And I personally understand that all God's spiritual blessings - - - of Heaven - - - are in God's love which is Heaven's love. And it is written > 

"Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us." (Romans 5:5)

Oh-h . . . so, I see that we share with God in His own spiritual blessings while we live in His love.

Right now, we can experience and enjoy how God's love is . . . while we live in this love.

So, why do ones not experience sharing with God, now, in His own love which has "every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places"?

Well . . . Jesus is "gentle and lowly in heart," He says in Matthew 11:28-30. So, this love is gentle and humble and kind - - - not dominating and controlling drives for pleasure!! Intimacy with pleasure sensations is not the same as intimacy with God. And God's love does not have us only using other people for what we want. People seeking selfish pleasure, then, can miss out on being with God in His love.

Plus, God is all-loving; so His love in us has us loving any and all people.

And Jesus does say,

"if you love those who love you, what reward have you?" in Matthew 5:46.

So, if we are living in picky and choosy love, even judging who is worth loving and who does not deserve to be loved, this can keep us out of God's love which is all-loving. And God is personal in how He loves, not distant and impersonal.

"But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him." (1 Corinthians 6:17)

So, God our Father is so personal with His children, that each child of God is "one spirit with Him". People, then, can miss out on sharing with God, while they are denying that He intimately shares and personally communicates with each of His children.

Also, while anyone is being impersonal with others . . . this can keep the person in what is not God our Father's personally caring and sharing family love.

And >

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment." (in 1 John 4:18)

So, in case a person is giving in to fear and its "torment", this can keep the person from enjoying personal sharing with God. God is almighty; so I understand that His love is almighty to cast out fear easily and breezily and beautifully. And, of course, worry is very abusive and a pathological lier; but ones do trust and even obey what their worry is telling them, when ones can submit to God and trust Him and how He rules us in His own peace > Colossians 3:15 < God's peace, of course, is a heavenly blessing which we can have personally ruling us, within us; and this is commanded >

"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)

But ones do not obey how God's peace can rule us in our minds and hearts; and so they get into various troubles; but if we pray the way God's word means > Philippians 4:6-7 < "the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

Again . . . we know that God is almighty. So His peace is almighty to guard our "minds" and our "hearts" so our personalities are living and functioning in this peace. This is heavenly to experience  and commanded; so God is committed to this. Simply trust God through Jesus to do this with us.

Also > 

"rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God." (1 Peter 3:4)

I notice that the "beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit" is "incorruptible". This means that no fear or unforgiveness or selfish and worldly anger or dominating and controlling passions for pleasure are powerful enough to corrupt the "beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God".

God's love is gentle and quiet . . . and Jesus says He is "gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls," in Matthew 11:28-30. So, in God's love with almighty power we can not be corrupted in His love's "incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit". I would say this is included in the heavenly spiritual blessings which God has given to us, and which are in His love.

In gentleness and quietness of His love we have almighty rest.

Edited October 18, 2022 by com7fy8