Christ is Above All
According to the working of his great might that he worked
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 one to
come. Ephesians 1:19-21
Beloved,
Have you ever
stood on top of a mountain? It is incredible sight to look down on everything
below knowing that there is nothing above and nothing higher than where you
stand. Standing on the top of a mountain
is so sweet because we know of the labor and physical exertion that was
necessary to reach the top for mountaintops cannot be reached without a
struggle.
Jesus Christ is
now seated on the supreme mountaintop of His own glory. He is 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 one to come. There is no one
above our Sovereign Lord. He sits at the right hand of God with full authority
and power until all His enemies are made His footstool. And yet, the only way Jesus was exalted to the
highest place was because of His willingness to walk up Calvary’s hill in
obedience to the Father. Phil 2:8-11,
And being found in
human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has
highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and
under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.
It is only in Christ’s giving of Himself
in death that He was exalted to the highest place. And because Christ is seated
on the throne, we as His people know that nothing can separate us from his
love. He is the one who died and who was raised. And knowing that our God is far above all
authority and power gives us the freedom to follow Christ in giving ourselves
in humiliation so that one day we will be exalted (1 Peter 5:6).
Beloved, our great and glorious
Savior is seated at the right hand of God as the supreme authority over all
else. And this all powerful Savior
always stands before the Father interceding for us as our High Priest. He is our King and our Priest. His death and resurrection secure for us an
eternal hope through faith. We have nothing to fear for He who is supreme is
the One who speaks for us.
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