If we are given all the gifts and resources we need upfront, does that mean God will never again see us as incomplete? I've been saying for some time that the Christian life is not something we can control. When I was very young, I had very little vision to see that there was so much reality that I didn't understand. Because my vision was so small, I had a few things that I could control. But the Christian is a man who lives in a reality where there is this eternal war between good and evil. Behind the advancement of this war is God and Satan.In other words, we live in a world where we do not have the power to control the outcome. Christ told Peter that Satan wanted to sift Him like wheat. Satan wanted to take Peter to eternal punishment, but Christ's power to pronounce Peter's innocence preserved Peter's life. What is the standard of living in this mystery? It is too great for us to accomplish on our own because the adversity that we experience is universal and spiritual.It could be argued that the world is in a state of decline due to the corruption and rebellion of its inhabitants. However, we are still managing to stand strong because God is opposing the world. The general moral standard is to treat others how you would want to be treated yourself. Nobody wants to be treated with contempt or to have evil prophesied upon them. So it stands to reason that most people try to live by this standard. But we are caught in between an enemy that is trying to redefine who we are and using other people to accomplish his evil intents. Our problems begin in the meta physical world. So how do we control what God says about us if there is a conspiracy against Christ? Christ says if they have done it to me they will do it to you.This is what is so interesting about God's declarations about us. His declarations are absolute. We are either cursed or blessed. There is no other way to go. Either we are on the road to hell or we are in God's hands. Every aspect of ourselves is absolute already before we become. We are looked on as absolutely safe because the curse no longer applies to those who are in Christ. We are God's absolute friends. God doesn't say that because we fail or sin that we change our absolute image of how He views us. How many people pray as if they are totally accepted? God has done to us what He would want done to His Son.This is why in the Psalms Christ is always depicted as praying in the world of absolutes. He is always shown as having one enemy, one way, and having the ability to pronounce curses and blessings at all times in all situations. Christ is shown as ruling because He never has someone do something that He did not allow or decide. And we are in Christ who obtained ruler-ship of everything. We have His absolute pronouncements that give us a vision of how He images us.The pronouncement of blessings and curses has a direct bearing on our dominion over all that Christ has redeemed. In other words, only those events which serve to bless us can be deemed good. The standard is that those who know God will only rejoice and be glad in Him. May they always say that the Lord is exalted through the well-being of His servants. God's declaration is that He only prophesies good for us because His grace always wins.