Have you seen the greatness of His power that He can manifest in us? The greatest power that God ever manifested in this universe was not in creation, but in the resurrection of Jesus (Ephesians 1:20).

What we see in the universe around us is the first creation. In the resurrection of Jesus, began the second creation, the new creation. The new creation is more powerful than the old one. What you read in John 20 is more powerful that what you read in Genesis 1. The resurrection of Christ was the greatest manifestation of power ever seen in this universe. Moral power is greater than physical power.

Paul prays that we will have revelation on the fact that God wants us to experience that power. He wants us to experience that power in our inner life first. Later we will experience it in our bodies as well, one day. God’s work always starts from within. One day we will experience the resurrection power of Christ in our bodies. Today, God wants us to experience that resurrection power in our spirit. Resurrection power is a power that will lift us up from spiritual death. The law of sin brings us down to spiritual death. Resurrection power lifts us up against that.

Resurrection power, lifting us up from the law of sin, is like me lifting a book against the law of gravity (which seeks to pull it down). Resurrection power lifts us up to the heavenly places. We read in Ephesians 2:1–6 that when we were dead in our sins, it was this power that raised us up and made us sit together with Christ in the heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6). Some may think this is fanciful, picture language. But it is not. It is actually true. If you don’t believe that this is true, you will never get any of the benefits of this – for we receive according to the measure of our faith. Let God be true and every man a liar. Our feelings are all deceptive. Even our vision can deceive us.

There is a story of two little boys watching the sun set. The older boy who was about 12 years old said, “Hey, the sun moved. It was in the east in the morning, now it’s in the west.” The younger boy who was only 6 years old said, “No. You remember what Daddy told us. It’s not the sun that moves. It’s the earth that rotates on its axis.” The older boy said, “I believe what I see and what I feel. I saw the sun in the east and now it is in the west. And I did not feel the earth rotating under my feet. It was stationary.” The younger boy said, “I believe Daddy.”

Who was right – the one who believed his father, or the one who believed what he saw and felt? Many Christians also live by what they see and feel. But our senses can deceive us. So I believe my heavenly Father; and what He says is always right, even if I cannot see it or feel it.

So I believe what God says that I have been raised up and placed in the heavenly places in Christ. I don’t care what my feelings tell me. I know that my feelings are as deceptive as my vision. I have found that when I believe what my heavenly Father says, everything works out all-right in my life. When we don’t believe our heavenly Father, we end up having many problems. We are told here that this amazing resurrection power is not available to all people, but only for those who believe. If you don’t believe this, then you will not experience this power. Jesus told Thomas, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe” (John 20:29). I am one of those.