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Spiritual Squirt Gun or Spiritual Bazooka
By Steve Backlund
“And forget not all His benefits” (Psalm 103:2). Can you imagine an employee forgetting he has the benefits of vacation time, lunch breaks, health insurance, or having an office space to work in, and then complaining about how hard work is? We would probably want to get in his face and say, “Why have you allowed yourself to forget your benefits!”
It is one thing to forget your benefits, but it’s another to be ignorant of your benefits.
I heard a story of a man who ate cheese and crackers on a cruise ship while others were feasting at the ship’s restaurants. On the last day of the cruise, someone asked him why he did not join them for meals at the restaurant, and the man said, “I did not pay for the meals.” Unbeknownst to him, he was told, “All meals came with the price of the ticket you paid!” I can imagine that would be no fun to hear, but I believe we will also find out in heaven of the benefits that were available to us that we did not access.
Here are some incredible benefits made available to us to empower our faith journey with Jesus:
Let’s look at the last one in my list. God’s word is incredible in its strength as we abide in it, speak it out, meditate on it, and hide it in our hearts:
“But what does this all have to do with the title of this blog, ‘Spiritual Squirt Gun or Spiritual Bazooka,’ you might ask. Well, I am glad you asked!
All of the above benefits I mentioned will determine whether you have real spiritual fire-power or not, but I want to get to the heart of what is in our lives and through our lives:
Revelation.
Paul prayed for the Ephesians for revelation on three things - “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your [understanding being enlightened;
that you may 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 exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe” (Ephesians 1:17-19).
There are three things for us to know that will give us a spiritual bazooka in our lives:
As we abide in this prayer of Paul in Ephesians, we will know these three truths and it will give us great spiritual power in our lives. Some would say it will equip us with a spiritual bazooka to blast away complacency, powerlessness, joylessness, addictions, prayerlessness, and boring Christianity. Right now, God is releasing a real spiritual fire-power that will release true revelation in each of our lives!
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Steve Backlund is a prolific encourager, catalytic author, joy activator, and revivalist teacher. He brings transformational levels of hope to churches and organizations around the world. He is uniquely gifted to release hope, joy, and healthy leadership everywhere he goes.
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