Where do you believe Jesus is right now? Do you really believe that, or are you simply repeating what you have heard? How does knowing where Jesus is affect your belief and faith? What do you believe is His authority? How far do you believe His authority reaches?
Many of us have been told repeatedly that Jesus sits at the right hand of the Father. Yet, we may not fully understand what that means. We may picture it in our mind—two thrones side-by-side with the Father in one and Jesus in the other…and it may have little or no effect on us.
The Apostle Paul tells us what we have heard many times, but he explains what comes along with it. Jesus has been given authority and power over everything. His dominion does not only reach far and wide but across every person, every city, every nation, every planet, and every star. His name is above every other name. He governs, not only the present, but the past and the future.
Paul also tells us that Jesus is the head of the church and the church is His body. When Paul says Jesus is the head of the church, he is speaking of the global church. Jesus not merely the head of a specific denomination but head of every denomination. If He is not the head, it is not His church. The church is the method by which Jesus continues His work on this earth. The church is the fullness of Christ as He works through it.
I pray we all know where Jesus is right now. I pray we understand the impact of that and are empowered by it. I pray each one of us knows the global church, not a single denomination, is the body of Christ. Know where Jesus is. Be impacted by that knowledge. The church is the body of Christ.
Ephesians 1:20-23 God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Marty Pressey 