Do You Have Access?

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” – Romans 5:1-2

Everything in God is established through faith. Salvation, deliverance, healings, prophecy and every blessing we shall receive is obtained through faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God, and with faith in God all things are possible. My question today is: do you have access? Access to what you might ask? Access to God.

Access is gained through relationship, and when it comes to God the only way we can receive access to Him is through Jesus Christ:

“For through him [Christ] we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;” - Ephesians 2:18-19

For those of us that are saved and have received that access, what are we doing with it? Imagine a family member passes away and has a bank account with $10 million dollars saved up. In his will, you are given free access to this account, to make withdrawals at your discretion. There is one catch, in order to make a withdrawal you have make a trip to the bank, which is on a remote mountain top and requires specific directions to get there. You have a choice. You can talk all day about the money you have access to, but never actually go to the bank and make a withdrawal because the journey is “too difficult”. You can forget about the money altogether because you’re not willing to sacrifice the time and energy to get to the bank. Or you can take your directions, press your way through the rough terrain, get to the mountaintop, make your withdrawal and come back down. Now say you do choose to make the journey, get your money, and make it back home. You now have the responsibility of stewardship over the money. You’ve been given access to the money. You took advantage of that access. Now that you’ve received the money, what are you going to do with it?

“As each of you has received a gift (a particular spiritual talent, a gracious divine endowment), employ it for one another as [befits] good trustees of God's many-sided grace [faithful stewards of the extremely diverse powers and gifts granted to Christians by unmerited favor].” – 1 Peter 4:10 (Amplified)

Now back to the question at hand: “For those of us that are saved and have received access to God, what are we doing with it?“ The family member is Jesus. The money is the anointing/power of God. The bank on the mountaintop is throne room of God. The directions are prayer, supplication, worship, praise, devotional time in the Bible, perseverance and obedience, all done by faith.

“In Whom [Christ], because of our faith in Him, we dare to have the boldness(courage and confidence) of free access (an unreserved approach to God with freedom and without fear).” – Ephesians 3:12 (Amplified)

Jesus has given us access to the throne room of the Father so that we can obtain the power of God and use it to bless others. But not everyone is willing to pay the price to get to the mountaintop. There will be stumbling blocks, hurdles, you may get hurt along the way, but when you get there the journey will be well worth it.

“Look to yourselves (take care) that you may not lose (throw away or destroy) all that we and you have labored for, but that you may [persevere until you] win and receive back a perfect reward [in full].” – 2 John 1:8 (Amplified)