It’s A Kingdom Thing!
Recently I have been studying the kingdom of heaven. God has really been rocking the theology I’ve always been taught and it’s transforming my entire mindset!
Matthew 6 tells us that we are to pray for God’s kingdom to come and His will be done ON EARTH as it is in heaven.
How on earth are we supposed to pray for His kingdom to come and His will be done on earth if Jesus is talking about a place only?! I truly believe Jesus is talking about a culture of influence that we have been placed here to cultivate!
We hear a lot of talk about the 7 mountains of culture (Arts & Entertainment, Business, Education, Family, Government, Media, the Church) and how the church has truly slacked on impacting these mountains! Today as I was studying the meanings of the original text of Kingdom of Heaven I ran across this…
The word kingdom is basileia meaning royalty, realm- dominion, kingship clothed in His power, commander and foundation of power.
The word heaven is Ouranos meaning the abode of God, power, eternity and it comes from the root word Oros which means A MOUNTAIN! To rise!
We have a mandate on this earth and I believe with all my heart it is to bring the culture of heaven, the mountain of God’s power, His dominion and character into every other cultural mountain (the earth). I know in my home church we hear this talk a lot! Our leadership has a firm belief that we are mountain movers! We are culture changers and we are placed here to bring the culture heaven to earth!
The word tells us in Matthew 17:20 that if we have the faith like a grain of mustard seed we can tell a mountain to move and it will. Absolutely nothing will be impossible for us!
But here’s the catch… It says, “If we have the faith!” In order to have the faith to influence mountains (cultures), to cause them to change or be “moved” we have to know who we are! When we know who we are, we have authority and power and wisdom to do what needs to be done!
Who are we? Well, if you are a child of God then you are a carrier of His kingdom! We need a fresh revelation that HIS kingdom is IN US! We are clothed with His power, we are royalty, we walk in dominion because we are Kings kids! Matt. 18:3 tells us, “unless you turn and become like a little child, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Think about that for a moment. TURN is to be converted – believing in and being transformed by Jesus Christ! Become like a LITTLE CHILD – a child?? A little child is trusting, they believe anything their parents tell them, they love others with endless love! They can get hurt by someone and within moments love that person again. They are innocent! THEY HAVE FAITH because there’s not a thought in their mind that they can’t trust what is said. ENTER – to arise into, come into life, come into… unless we believe, trust and have the heart of a child we will never be able to arise into the foundation of God’s power, the realm or dominion of His authority and we will never be able to fulfill our purpose (His purpose) on this earth… to bring the kingdom of heaven to earth!
Over the next several weeks I am going to break down all the scripture that talks about “The kingdom of heaven is like…”. If we are carriers of the kingdom of heaven then we need to know how to get what’s in us, out into the other cultural mountains… right?!?
Did you know that we can hold the kingdom of heaven back and shut it out, so others can’t enter?? I didn’t but now I do!
Matthew 23:13 Jesus says “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in!” WOW!! WOW!! I never imagined that I could be the cause of someone not being able to enter in to the power, the dominion and the authority of God! The Pharisees were so, beyond religious! They were so religious that they could only see “LAW” and nothing beyond that! Jesus was about relationship and so is His Father! They were so self-righteous that they couldn’t tap into all God had for them and they kept other people from seeing the truth of who Jesus was! They kept people from rising into the power, dominion, authority and royalty of who they were created to be, and we need to be careful not to do the same!
1 Corinthians 4:20 says that the kingdom of heaven does not consist in talk but in POWER! Paul was talking about the people in the church arrogantly claiming to be all that, but he was about to come check them out and see if God’s power backed up their “talk”! Just as the Pharisees claimed to be about “God” but were in powerless pursuit of laws and religion, we too need to be cautious of claiming something and not walking in it! This is something the world looks at and says, “hypocrite, I want nothing to do with that!” and we keep them from entering into God’s kingdom culture!
I choose NOT to be a self-righteous pharisee! I choose to walk uprightly and to the best of my ability, with the power of the Holy Spirit in me, live a life that leads others INTO the kingdom culture that I’ve been placed here to lead them to!
I personally love seeing culture change for Christ! I love watching God rock peoples lives, including my own! I am determined to carry out His purpose on this earth because my purpose is HIS PURPOSE!!!!!
I am really excited about this ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ journey and hope that you join me in understanding who we are, why we are here and how to get the job done!!! It’s all about the kingdom of God… armor on, boots on the ground, the word hidden deep in our hearts and it’s time to pierce the darkness with the TRUTH of His kingdom!!
Father I thank You for creating each of us in Your image. I thank You for sending Jesus Christ to walk this earth, lead by example, die on the cross and rise up again so that we can live a life full of power!! So that we can live a life of Your kingdom dominion, Your kingdom glory, Your kingdom authority!! I ask that You send Holy Spirit into our lives so that we are empowered, and we can be culture changers just like Jesus!! I declare fresh revelation of who we are IN YOU and who you are IN US as I journey through learning more and more about Your kingdom culture and character! Father, I choose to be an ambassador from You to this world, I’m putting my boots on the ground and moving forward as You lead! In Jesus name, Amen!!
June 28, 2018