Walking as Kings in the Kingdom - Part I - Jason Westerfield
What is the Kingdom of God?
Literally, it is as it is in heaven.
And what is the will of God in the Lord's Prayer?
"Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
You are literally called to go places, and populate earth with heaven in the places He calls you to. We are to fill it with the reality of the King and His Kingdom. The mission God has given us is to reveal the King and His Kingdom. That's what this whole life is about. Don't you want to know how to do that more?
I know I do. I'm starving for this stuff. I am just so hungry for more of God. I am closer to the Lord right this second than I've ever been in my whole life, but I want to be so much closer. Don't you want to know Him more? And out of knowing Him more intimately, being able to make Him known everywhere we go that people would see the Kingdom and His glory?
One of the aspects of advancing God's Kingdom is to grow as a son or daughter of the Kingdom, having favor upon your life. I don't only want to see this favor functioning in a church setting; we go to church to get equipped so that we can do the stuff out there in the world. I want to learn to be a son of God, and teach others to be the same. We are children of the King! In every setting and environment we go to, we should be leaders of leaders and influencers of influencers. We are the King's kids, which means you are royalty; you are a ruler.
You are an ambassador. You represent the King and His Kingdom. We need to be equipped in the knowledge of God and in the grace of God so that we can go into any setting and any environment, and invade that place. Colonize it. Diffuse the knowledge of God like a sweet fragrance and manifest Christ. And not just that, but eventually get into a place of leadership where we are the head and not the tail, and we are able to influence a whole organization. This could be a church, a business, the government of a nation or the media.
No matter what it is, we should go into that place and not only influence it and move in the things of the Spirit, but also, through relationships and the favor of God, rise to a place where we become the models and the examples of character, integrity, and righteousness. Through our lives, God will come and hover over that place and bring a new covering. That sounds good! If whole nations are going to be discipled, that's exactly what's going to happen. That means there is a new covering available; a new heaven that will produce a new earth.
Let His Kingdom Come on Earth
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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