Worthy of the Kingdom…
We are bound to thank God for you brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds towards each other, so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer. 1 Thes. 1:3-5
This morning as I was reading through the kingdom scriptures I ran across this and it really spoke to my heart. One of the revelations God gave me months ago was that the kingdom of God is the character of God. I won’t go into all the explanation, you can read my previous blogs, but we, as a church body, are truly failing to walk with a kingdom mindset (in HIS character) which is what God is calling HIS church back to.
So many people get so busy “doing” church that they forget to “be” the church. We can get so busy doing church that we become resentful, impatient, unloving, negative examples and that is not worthy of the kingdom. God is building a church remnant that is going to bring a kingdom shift in this world like it has never experienced before. So many churches are so focused on “building” a church in number instead of discipling a church full of Kingdom minded, passionate, followers of Christ. The above verse says that those worthy of the kingdom will walk in … 1. Constant growing faith. 2. Love towards all. 3. They have a level of endurance that is rooted in faith and patience and this endurance manifests evidence of HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS in our lives. When we are busy “doing” it’s hard to find ourselves “being” faithful, loving, enduring and patient therefore we don’t manifest His righteousness. It’s time to change, church!
Did you know, it’s all in us? Did you know that God has already give us what we need, a book full of strategy and the authority to carry it out? We have people searching for knowledge through books, through whatever self-help book they can get their hands on in order to grow a church and be a better person and we have totally missed it for so very long.
God has been patiently waiting for His children to get an understanding that all it takes is a simple shift in mindset! A shift from law and religion to relationship and revelation that YOU ARE A KINGS KID! YOU ARE! As I’ve said before, you have everything that He has, you have HIS DNA pulsing through your body, but we choose not to walk in it. It’s time to step into the war and walk in the authority that He gave us to walk in! His Word is the ONLY self-help book, it’s the ONLY strategy we need to follow, it’s the ONLY thing we need to advance in His kingdom and learn what it means to be a kingdom citizen. It’s all there, we just have to search it out!
Here’s another verse that absolutely rocked me this week… I’m going to start at Luke 16:13 just to give you a little of the conversation... “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and wealth (mammon, treasures personified and opposed to God).” The pharisees who LOVED wealth, heard this and were sneering at Jesus (they did this often!). He said to them, “you are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight. Until John, the law and the prophets were taught. Since that time, the good news (gospel) of the KINGDOM OF GOD is being preached, and EVERYONE IS FORCING (PRESSING) THEIR WAY INTO IT!”
This was so eye opening for me!!!!! When you start living and teaching THE KINGDOM of GOD people can’t help but be drawn to what God is doing! Why? Because …
There’s FREEDOM in the KINGDOM: Matthew 12:28 If it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the KINGDOM OF GOD has come upon you! Those who are bound will find true freedom from demonic stronghold and generational mindsets!
There is POWER in the KINGDOM: 1 Cor. 4:20 for the KINGDOM OF GOD is not a matter of talk but of POWER! Through His power comes the signs, miracles and wonders!
There is LOVE and ACCCEPTANCE in the KINGDOM: All through the Word we learn that GOD is LOVE and He accepts all who come to Him!
I could go on and on but I’m sure you would get tired of reading. But THIS is why people will be pressing their way in as the kingdom is taught in all truth and as we learn to walk in all kingdom character! The world wants REAL, RAW and AUTHENTIC revelation of our God! They don’t want to read about it, they want to experience it!
I say God... USE ME!
I have received so much revelation by going through the scriptures and allowing God to reveal His character, His power, His authority, His DNA to me through the raw, refreshing Word of God. I encourage you, find one verse about the kingdom and meditate on it until you fully understand it! Let Holy Spirit teach you HIS precepts!
Father thank you for constant revelation of who you are! I am so in a place of being undone from all the old beliefs, all the old mindsets, all the old things holding me back! I want to be undone from them so that I can be undivided with you! I want to be literally in the pulse of You and what you are doing in this season, that I miss nothing! Holy Spirit help us to keep a watchful eye, give us a depth perception like we’ve never seen, open our ears to hear as we’ve never heard and flood us with revelation that’s afresh and anew! In Jesus name! Amen!
September 6, 2018