"FAR ABOVE!"

Ephesians 1:15:23                     (ESV)
"15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the LORD JESUS and your love toward all the saints,
16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
17 that the GOD of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the FATHER of glory, may give you the SPIRIT of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of HIM,
18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which HE has called you, what are the riches of HIS glorious inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of HIS power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
20 that HE worked in CHRIST when HE raised HIM from the dead and seated HIM  at HIS right hand in the heavenly places,
21 "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.
22 And he put all things under HIS feet and gave HIM as head over all things to the church,
23 which is HIS body, the fullness of HIM who fills all in all."



Even for those who haven't been called (v.18) to believe that HE provided a unmistakable avenue for our salvation, one HAS TO be amazed that a fledgling country of thirteen colonies was able to defeat a country that most agree should have been able to annihilate them in rather short order.  The easiest way to explain ALL of the miracles that occurred, according to none other than George Washington, was to acknowledge that a Higher Power had been involved.  The following three paragraphs are from a history communique I received this morning regarding the history of the United States:

On this day in 1781, British General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered to American General George Washington, bringing an end to the Siege of Yorktown and effectively ending the American Revolution. Negotiations for that surrender had begun after Cornwallis first raised a white flag of surrender two days earlier, on October 17.

Washington himself VIEWED THE VICTORY AS A MIRACLE. The day after Cornwallis's surrender, he (Washington) issued the following general orders to his troops:

"Divine Service is to be performed tomorrow in the several Brigades or Divisions. The Commander in Chief earnestly recommends that the troops not on duty should universally attend with that seriousness of Deportment and gratitude of Heart which the recognition of such reiterated and astonishing interpositions of Providence demand of us."

George Washington knew that the United States of America had been blessed beyond measure.  HE strongly encouraged "that the troops not on duty should universally attend" a recognition that their victory had been Divinely orchestrated.  How then have we evolved into a country that refuses to speak the name of GOD and JESUS in public?  From depending on GOD for our literal existence during the Revolutionary War, to now forbidding people even to speak HIS Name in public?

The day is quickly coming that everybody will bow down (Romans 14:11; Philippians 2:10) and proclaim that JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD!  How can that happen, you may ask!  Because JESUS 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.  Can you now see where there will be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth?  It's coming, and soon!  JESUS is "FAR ABOVE" all names, but professing HIM now will save you immense heartache and heartbreak!!!