Seated. Past tense. Completed action. Present reality.
Most believers spend their prayer lives reaching upward toward a God who feels distant — praying harder, fasting longer, hoping to finally break through. But Ephesians 2:6 says you are already seated with Christ in the heavenly places. You are not fighting for a position. You are enforcing one.
In this episode, we visit Mount Carmel — where the prophets of Baal danced, shouted, and cut themselves trying to wake a god who never answered — and we ask the uncomfortable question: is that how we pray? Then we turn to Elijah, who simply spoke to a God who was already listening, already present, already inclined toward His servant. The difference was not volume or intensity. It was the nature of the God being addressed.
God is not distant. He is not waiting to be impressed. He made His home inside of you so that He would never have to be reached for again.
This is Episode 6 of the Kingdom Architecture Podcast. If you are new here, we recommend starting with Episode 1 — each episode builds directly on the one before it.
Also from The Furnace: The Furnace Podcast, our companion series on contemplative prayer, the Inner Room, and the interior life with God. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, and iHeartRadio.
