If you’ve ever driven a nail with a hammer, you understand the idea of placement.  Miss the nail one time, and strong signals of pain shoot through your thumb up your arm and into your brain.  The thumb often will swell up and throb and remind you that your placement was off.

The truth is that placement is a big deal for many things in life. You’ve probably heard the old saying, “At the right place at the wrong time.” Or how about “the wrong place at the right time?”

In spiritual matters, placement is not just a detail; it’s a profound concept that carries significant weight and is often overlooked by many.

A very significant phrase occurs 85 times in the New Covenant Scriptures, and even though it is so often used, it is often overlooked.  What is the phrase?

In Christ!

One very popular passage is 2Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God in Him (Christ) are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

The New Covenant Scriptures are rich with passages that contain the phrase ‘In Christ ‘. It’s a treasure trove waiting to be explored.

For instance, I am justified and have experienced redemption “In Christ,” not merely by Christ.  My experience of eternal life(Romans 6:23), justification, redemption (Romans 3:24), the love of God (Romans 8:1 &2, 39), wisdom from God and righteousness, sanctification and redemption (1Corinthians 1:30), made alive (1Corinthians 15:22), led into triumph (2Corinthians 2:14), the veil is only removed (2Corinthians 3:14), I am a new creation (2Corintinas 5:17), my reconciliation to God (2Corinthians 5:19), simplicity of (2Corinthians 11:3).

These are just a few of the 85 passages pointing us to the reality of what it means to be “in Christ.”

Our position is everything!  Where we have been placed is very important because it is through that placement that we are enabled to experience all that God has ordained for our lives.  Our placement is not beside Christ, near Christ, or on Christ.  We have been placed “In Christ!”

We have freedom because we are “in Christ.” This placement is at the core of possessing everything God has for us. It is not based on our faith in the things promised; it is based on our faith in our placement in Christ that brings us into an experience of all that God has for us.

Ephesians 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

This is my reality, not based on what I do or have done; it is based on who God has placed me in.  Heaven meets earth “In Christ (Ephesians 1:10).  We are seated in the heavenly places, “In Christ.”

In Christ has to become the most real thing to us if we are to experience all God has intended for us.  This matter of placement is at the core of everything pertaining to the kingdom.  God, in His goodness, wanted to place us in such a way as to guarantee that we could benefit.  Are you aware, I mean very aware, of your placement?  Is your faith in that placement the reason for expectation, or are you seeking to possess it on some other basis?

My boast is on being placed “In Christ” by God according to the riches of His grace made manifest in the giving of His beloved Son Jesus, in whom I have been given all things pertaining to life and godliness. I am grateful to God, who, by His own wisdom and purpose, has made me a partaker and placed me “In Christ.”