THE GOD of our Lord Jesus Christ, . . . raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come” (Eph.1:17–21).

And raised us up with him and made us to sit with him in
the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus: . . . for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, that no man should glory” (2:6–9).

God . . . made him to sit . . . and made us to sit with him.” Let us first consider the implications of this word “sit.” As we have said, it reveals the secret of a heavenly life.
Christianity does not begin with walking; it begins with sitting. The Christian era began with Christ, of whom we aretold that, when He had made purification of sins, He “sat
down on the right hand of the Majesty on high” (Heb. 1:3). With equal truth we can say that the individual Christian life begins with a man “in Christ”—that is to say, when by faith we see ourselves seated together with Him in the heavens.

SIT WALK STAND: THE PROCESS OF CHRISTIAN MATURITY by Watchman Nee