Paul praises God for every spiritual blessing, all of which every believer may fully partake. Now, there is no difference when it comes to spiritual blessings, all of them are for all of us. But that is not how it works with God’s material blessings. God has ordained that some of his people would be rich, some would be poor in a worldly sense, some would live in comfort, some would live in pain. We could think of that in many ways: good health versus ill health, what seems like good fortune changing to what seems like bad fortune. Our lot differs under God’s wisdom in a material sense. But every believer may bless God for the whole of the spiritual blessings with which he has blessed those who are in Jesus Christ. You may be poor materially and you may be mistreated, you may be hated and reviled, but God’s Word stands true. Proverbs 15:6 says,
The house of the righteous contains great treasure.You see, spiritually speaking, there are no poor Christians.Do you know these blessings? Are you finding that the spiritual blessings—the knowledge of God’s grace in your life, the knowledge of his sovereign love for you, the awareness that your sins are forgiven, your understanding of what the Bible says about your future—are you finding that these possessions are strengthening you amidst the trials of this world? Well, that is what Paul desires to happen in your life.
God is Spirit, so his best blessings are spiritual in nature, and we received them by faith. Notice that Paul stresses not merely our future possession, but these are our present possessions of spiritual blessings. God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ.1
Dr. Richard D. Phillips
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,