Colossians 1:12-14

Many believers spend their lives asking God for things He has already provided. In Colossians 1:12-14, Paul shifts from intercession to thanksgiving because he understands that God has already acted completely and permanently on behalf of every believer. God has qualified you through His own declaration, not your performance. He has also extracted you from the authority of darkness through a decisive, completed act of power. Your spirit is fully delivered, your soul is being renewed, and your body's full redemption is still to come. Because of what God has already done, you are not a slave to darkness. You are a citizen of a new kingdom with full access to its power. The question is not whether God has provided. The question is whether you are living like it.