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Best Seat in the House, by Phil Ware Phil Ware

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    Recently my mother purchased tickets for our family to go see the musical My Fair Lady. It was a wonderful performance of a delightful musical. Our seats made the musical even more enjoyable. We were on the fifth row! I thanked her, and jokingly asked who she bribed to get such good seats.

    There is a big difference in our level of enjoyment depending on where we’re seated for the events we most want to see. Sure part of the fun is “being there,” but the level of fun is much higher if you have of the “best seat in the house” while being there! Having the “best seat in the house” can mean different things to different people:

    being close to the action
    being where you can see best
    being in a certain section with a certain set of fans
    being near your team’s bench
    being in a place where you can see the scoreboard
    being where you can talk to the participants
    being where you can hear the dialogue or the music best...
But if you have one, the joy of the event is dramatically enhanced!

“Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Corinthians 15:57
    The apostle Paul emphasizes that those of us who have confessed Jesus as Lord (Colossians 2:6) and shared with him in his death and resurrection through baptism (Colossians 2:12-13) have the best seat in the house for life. You see, we have been raised up and seated with Christ in the heavenly places (Colossians 3:1 and Ephesians 2:6). He has presented us to God as holy, without fault, and free of any accusation (Colossians 1:21-22) . Just Christ conquered the spiritual powers of evil (Colossians 2:15) and was raised up and seated at the right hand of God (Ephesians 1:20-23) , we have also been given the best seat in the house — we’re seated with Christ at God’s right side.

    As we become more aware that we face a spiritual battle with the forces of evil in heavenly places (Ephesians 6:10-12) , we need to be reassured that the battle has been won for us by Jesus. While we will face skirmishes with the evil one, some of which will be very difficult, as long as we cling to Christ Jesus as our Lord and reason for hope (Colossians 1:23) , our victory is assured! What is eternal about us is already with him waiting to share in his triumphant return in glory (Colossians 3:1-4) . This means that demonic forces of evil cannot have us or separate us from Christ (Romans 8:37-39) because our lives are joined to him who conquered all the powers of evil and reigns eternally.

    In a week when the world flirts with the prince of darkness and dabbles in what is evil, it is important for those who believe to give thanks for having our victory won and future secured. In Jesus, we’ve been given the best seat in the best house, not just for life, but forever!