Have you ever got on a bus and thought how miserable most people look? And then wondered whether you look just as miserable as everyone else? But it’s the beginning of the working week, the weather is wet and cold, there are worries about bills, health, house prices and the bad news that fills the papers - no wonder we look miserable!
The apostle Paul was in prison when he wrote the letter of Ephesians. He was an enemy of the state. He had refused to acknowledge that Caesar was Lord – and has gone around preaching that Jesus is Lord. If he didn’t know, he must have suspected, that the death penalty probably awaited at some point in the future. And there in prison, what is it that Paul writes? That as Christians we are blessed in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).
The blessings that Paul is talking about have nothing to do with our material, physical, financial situations. Remember he was writing from prison. The blessings that Paul is talking about are blessings like what it means to know that we have been chosen by God, knowing forgiveness and a fresh start, the gift of the Holy Spirit. Read through the first 14 verses of Ephesians and count your blessings.
