I realize that the deep dissatisfaction that has been in my heart for years about my own condition and that of the church is actually normal!! Our very DNA cries out for more, therefore we should never settle for second best. We should pursue the Kingdom and all its fullness, until we walk in it.
The very commission “As the Father has sent Me, so I sent you” is the crux of our calling! Christ was the proto-type , first of many brothers. He did nothing through His Divine powers, but all through the power of the Holy Spirit. What He did, we can also do. Today we are His hands and feet! Just as the Holy Spirit ministered through Him, He desires to minister through us. My mouth, hands and feet are all extensions of Him!
“The Kingdom of God is at hand” means it is so close I can lay hold of it. But in order to do that I need to repent or “change my mind”. I need to change my “world view” but also my “Heaven view”. The Kingdom and all its powers are available to me here and now. It’s not something that I will inherit one day but it’s a realm I have entered already! Christ in me the hope of glory! Therefore we can release Heaven into the earthly realm now. Heaven isn’t a place we are going to one day but were we dwell right now! (Eph 2:6)
“The just shall live by faith”, this is true in more ways than one. Faith gives us sight. It helps us to see “God-things” and then bring them into our realm. Elijah saw the rain when there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. He heard the rain when the heavens were brass! All because he believed what God said!! Faith endures. Elijah would not stop praying until the Heavens poured down! We bring Heaven to earth by our faith but we also accommodate hell by our fears!! Faith isn’t cultivated in a vacuum but a relationship. Sons trusting a loving Father.
Faith leads to prayer, because faith sees what’s available. The Lord’s Prayer is far from just a formula, it’s a divine strategy to bring Heaven to earth. That’s the purpose of prayer – bringing Heaven to earth. The pattern of Heaven needs to be super imposed on our situations here on earth. It’s done through prayer. I will use this Heavenly pattern to pray God’s will into all my needs, relationships and defence against the enemy. We simply see the Father’s will and ask for it to be translated into our midst! How wonderful! The prayer of faith is the vehicle that brings Heaven to earth.
The presence of the Holy Spirit brings the Kingdom into our midst! Where He is manifested the King takes dominion. The least of us are greater than John the Baptist because we can release the Holy Spirit into our surroundings. The following is an awesome scripture to show how Jesus brought the Kingdom to earth. Acts 10:38 “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.”
(NKJV) In the same way we can go around healing and “undoing” what satan has done to people. All God need for us is just simple obedience! “Go into ALL the world…” Let’s go and release His Presence!
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