Living in Heaven, on Earth

 

“No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven” (John 3:13, NKJV).

Jesus spoke these words while He was on earth, living in a human body. Why, then, did He say He was in heaven?

Because He was.

Jesus lived and ministered from heaven to earth. He was in heaven and on earth at the same time. So are you and I. We live and function in the physical world and the spiritual world simultaneously.

Jesus led by example. From His “boots on the ground” position, He was showing you and me how to live our lives too. We, imitating Jesus, get to operate here on earth from our seat with Him in the heavenly places.“God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus” (Eph. 2:6, NIV).

The amazing thing about the heavenly realm is that it is more powerful than the earthly realm. God’s throne trumps every inferior reality. Every day, He empowers us to pray “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Every day, He intends to answer that prayer.

He wants us to continually pray over the eyes of our hearts, that we would Continue reading Living in Heaven, on Earth