Risen

 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 2:6 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/eph.2.6.ESV

God didn't save us for us to obsequiously and indebtedly grovel towards Him for eternity, although He could have done. Instead, the moment we believe, we're spiritually raised to the highest heaven and seated with Christ. Like the sons and daughters of the King of kings that we are, we get to sit on the throne of heaven with Him.

This doesn't mean to say we have God's power, just that we have the closest relationship to Him that we could have. From being hellbound sinners, we get elevated to heaven above. This truth is staggering, but we should try to come to grips with it.

If we grasped the fact we're spiritually exalted with Christ, we should start living like it. We shouldn't be habitually doing wrong if we know we're united with Christ. We won't be perfect until we sleep the sleep of death or Christ returns, but we can always make good progress.

How amazing that God would exalt us from the humblest of circumstances to be in the closest communion with Him. This truth should cause us to rejoice. It should also cause us to step up to be conformed to the likeness of Christ.

'Our Father in heaven, thank You that we're with You, though faith in Christ. May we live like our spirits have been glorified already, until You call us home. In Christ's name, amen'

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