ARE YOU A SEEKER ?

1/28/2019

I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL SEEKERS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT WHAT GOD IS MAKING ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO US IN MATTHEW 6;33, IS THAT WE ARE TO SEEK HIS KINGDOM. IN MYLES MONROE’S WORDS, “WE ARE TO PURSUE, STUDY, EXPLORE, UNDERSTAND, LEARN AND CONSIDER GOD’S KINGDOM, AND IN THE WORDS OF JESUS, “SEEK IT FIRST”. MAKE IT YOUR FIRST PRIORITY !!!

YOU MAY BE THINKING LIKE I WAS THAT A KINGDOM TAKES US BACK TO A TIME OF KINGS, QUEENS, KNIGHTS, AND BATTLES FOR POWER AND TURF. WHEW, THANK GOODNESS I’M LUCKY TO LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY, RIGHT? I DON’T WANT A KING MAKING ALL THE RULES. WHAT I AM REALIZING IS THAT IT TRULY DEPENDS ON WHO THE KING IS, WHAT HIS HEART IS LIKE, AND HOW MUCH DOES HE LOVE THE PEOPLE IN HIS KINGDOM.

IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO CONSIDER WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD TODAY IN TERMS OF GOVERNANCE. FORGET POLITICS, IT IS ABOUT GOVERNANCE!

> KINGDOMS BY MEN SEEM ALMOST NON-EXISTENT TODAY, BUT THERE ARE A FEW. THE INHERENT FLAW WITH THIS TYPE OF GOVERNANCE IS WHO THE KING USES HIS AUTHORITY OVER. GOD AT OUR BEGINNING WISHED FOR US TO SERVE AS KINGS AND LORDS OF THE EARTH, RULING NOT HUMANS, BUT HAVING DOMINION OVER ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND THE EARTH WE ARE MADE TO INHABIT. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY KINGS, SOME GOOD AND SOME BAD, BUT THEIR GOVERNANCE WAS NOT IN STEP WITH GOD’S ORIGINAL PURPOSE.

> DICTATORSHIPS ALLOW A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL TO BECOME ALL POWERFUL AND EXERCISE COMPLETE CONTROL AND AUTHORITY OVER EVERYONE, BY SELF DIVINITY OR PROVIDENCE.

> COMMUNISM ESTABLISHES A STATE CONTROL THAT REPOSSESSES ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ATTEMPTS TO ENFORCE PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH OPPRESSION AND COERCION.

> SOCIALISM SUBSTITUTES THE STATE AS AN ALL OUT POINT OF CONTROL AND AUTHORITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF SOCIETY. IT IN ESSENCE MAKES THE IDEA OF INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT WORTHLESS.

>DEMOCRACY AT LAST !!! RULE OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE. WE THE PEOPLE BECOME OUR OWN PROVIDENTIAL LEADERS. WE VOTE, WE ELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO LEAD US AND VOICE OUR BELIEFS AND WISHES. WE HAVE LAWS, WE HAVE BALANCE OF POWER, WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION THAT IS THE ULTIMATE MAP TO UTOPIA…..BUT WHAT IF THINGS START TO CHANGE? THE WIND OF CULTURAL CHANGE CAN BECOME STRONG ENOUGH THAT GOVERNANCE BECOMES INEFFECTIVE. REPRESENTATIVES CAN DECIDE TO NOT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. LAWS CAN BE DEEMED IRRELEVANT TO OUR TIMES, AND NOT ENFORCED. JUDGES BEGIN TO RE-WRITE THE LAW ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN BELIEF SYSTEM. WE BEGIN TO ELEVATE OURSELVES AND BECOME ENAMORED WITH OUR OWN INTELLIGENCE….AND WE STOP LISTENING TO EACH OTHER, AND CARING ABOUT EACH OTHER.

I AM LOOKING AT THE WORLD TODAY, AND I THINK IT COULD BE BETTER. A WHOLE LOT BETTER. WHAT WOULD A WORLD LOOK LIKE THAT WAS A TRULY RIGHTEOUS KINGDOM. WHAT MIGHT IT LOOK LIKE UNDER JESUS CHRIST AS OUR KING? IN HIS BOOK PREPARING FOR KINGDOM EXPERIENCE AND EXPANSION, MYLES MUNROE PUT IT LIKE THIS:

A KINGDOM IS: THE GOVERNING INFLUENCE OF A KING OVER HIS TERRITORY, IMPACTING IT WITH HIS PERSONAL WILL, PURPOSE, AND INTENT, PRODUCING A CULTURE, VALUES, MORALS, AND LIFESTYLE THAT REFLECT THE KING’S DESIRES FOR HIS CITIZENS.

TAKE A MINUTE, A DAY, A WEEK, A MONTH, A YEAR, JUST TRY TO IMAGINE A KINGDOM WHERE EVERYONE LOVED THEIR KING, AND LOVED EACH OTHER ! I AM, AND I WANT IT! I WANT TO PURSUE IT, LEARN ABOUT IT, STUDY IT, AND STRIVE FOR IT, AND TALK ABOUT IT !

I THINK JESUS SAID IT BEST. MATTHEW 22: 37-40 “LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND”, AND “LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF”.

IF YOU ARE READING MY BLOG, I HOPE IT IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT I FOLLOW JESUS. HE IS MY IDENTITY AND MY LORD, AND MY ETERNAL LIFE. HE IS MY TRUTH.

I LOVE MY CHURCH, AND THE REASON THAT I DO IS THAT BRAVE CHURCH IN DENVER SHARES THE GOSPEL, AND PASTOR JEFF SHARES GOD’S WORD IN ALL ITS TRUTH, WISDOM, AND INERRANT MEANING IN ALL OUR LIVES. I AM IN A CHURCH THAT CHALLENGES ME TO LISTEN AND LEARN AND I CAN FELLOWSHIP WITH A COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVES IN THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. IF YOU ARE DESIRING A DEEPER PATH, GIVE IT A TRY.

NEXT TIME YOU GET A CHANCE, PICK UP A BIBLE AND OPEN IT TO GENESIS. START READING AND LOOK AT GOD IN THE LIGHT OF CREATOR OF A KINGDOM. IM GOING TO DELVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO WHAT PRINCIPLES COME OUT OF A KINGDOM AND HOW WE CAN APPLY THEM TODAY IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. HOPE YOU WILL JOIN ME :) JA

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