Seated in Heavenly Places

Seated in Heavenly Places

By Rev. Lonnie C. Crowe

In his song “Jesus Is Coming Soon”, R. E. Winsett wrote: “Troublesome times are here, filling men's hearts with fear/Freedom we all hold dear now is at stake./ Humbling your hearts to God saves from the chastening rod /Seek the way pilgrims trod, Christians awake” Although the song is about the returning of our Lord, it is a reminder that we must be awake and aware of the strength and power of our God to overcome even in these difficult times.

In that light, the Holy Spirit has led me to contemplate the right and left hands of God.  I remember the mother of James and John asking that one of her sons sit on the right hand of Jesus and the other on the left.  Our Savior answered, “Matthew 20:23b (NKJV): “to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father."  

So where do I sit?

Ephesians 2: 4-6 teaches, “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),  and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

Many scriptures tell us that Jesus is currently seated in at the right hand of God.  Two of those are found in the book of Mark:

Mark 14:62 (NKJV) ^“Jesus said, "I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."

Mark 16:19 (NKJV) ^“So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.”

The right hand of God is the seat of God’s omnipotence, of His almighty power.  Jesus is the manifestation of that power.

If Jesus is at the right hand of God, I am content to sit at the left hand of God.  Recently, the Holy Spirit deepened that contentment with further revelation.  From out of my spirit arose the truth that if I am seated at the left hand of God, He is seated at my right hand.  His strength becomes my strength.  “I am weak, but He is strong.”  Because I am seated on the left hand of God, I can do all things because He is my strength. (Philippians 4:13).

The psalmist wrote in Psalm 121:5 (NKJV): “The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade at your right hand.”

Father, I am thankful that while I am seated to Your left, You are seated to my right. You are my right hand of power.  Hallelujah!