Far above

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. – Ephesians 1.17-21

Christ has raised us up and seated us at His right hand far above all governments and powers and everything that is named in this age and in the ages to come.

He has raised up.

That’s past tense.

We are already raised up so that we are able to walk without getting entangled in the nasty affairs of this broken world. We must walk amongst them them, but we can our focus on heavenly things and with a heavenly perspective. Instead of seeing those around us as mere people walking in such a destructive way we can see them as souls who need the Saviour.

It also means that we can walk with the confidence the prophet Habakkuk showed in the midst of great struggles and confusion:

Although the fig tree shall not blossom,
neither shall fruit be in the vines;
the labour of the olive shall fail,
and the fields shall yield no meat;
the flock shall be cut off from the fold,
and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The Lord God is my strength,
and he will make my feet like hinds' feet,
and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.

In the midst of our worst struggles we can be assured that God will ‘make us to walk upon the high places.’