Our Position in the Church

Isa 40:9
9 O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"

I was reading the above verse this morning when the phrase "Lift it up" spoke to me.

If you check the meaning of that particular phrase in the Hebrew, it's found in one word,

OT:7311
ruwm (room); a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively):
KJV - bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high (-er, one), hold up, levy, lift (-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), presumptuously, (be) promote (-ion), proud, set up, tall (-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.

Based on the meanings of that phrase; I had a revelation of how the Church of God or the Body of Christ is meant to be relative to Isa 40:9, to be in a 'high' place.

Notice also that the word "it" is italicized, which is apparently taken to mean that it's a word that the original texts did not contain but was added in by the translators for clarity in English. Therefore if we took the word "it" out of that phrase, it would be taken to mean "Lift up", or "Rise up"!

Zion and Jerusalem in the New Testament is a picture of the Church (Heb 12:22, Gal 4:26)

If we look over at the New Testament, it gives a clearer picture of our position as the Body of Christ, especially in Ephesians:

Eph 1:20-23
20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 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. 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Eph 2:6
6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

So to look at Isaiah 40:9 from another view, we're to rise up and not be afraid, and boldly declare, "Behold, your God!"

It's given me an entirely different perspective on how our prayer life is meant to be. because I realize that we can now pray confidently knowing we have the victory because as the Church, we've been raised up together with Christ and we're seated with him in heavenly places!

God didn't intend that the Church be weak and emaciated, but to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

As the Church, we're already risen because the Bible says so. All we have to do is believe it and walk it out and see the results thereof. Glory!