A KINGDOM LIVES BY IT'S LAWS

2/1/19

WHEN I LOOK AT OUR WORLD TODAY, I SHAKE MY HEAD. SO MUCH ANGST AND DISAGREEMENT. EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE AN OPINION ON EVERYTHING, AND CULTURE IS IN OVERDRIVE, REDEFINING EVERYTHING. SO HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW TRUTH? HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE LOVING TO PEOPLE THAT WE THINK ARE TEARING DOWN OUR ENTIRE BELIEF SYSTEM AND TELLING US WE ARE WRONG, RACIST, BIGOTED, BEHIND THE TIMES….HATEFUL.

THE ANSWER IS ACTUALLY QUITE SIMPLE IF WE ARE LIVING IN A KINGDOM PRINCIPLED LIFESTYLE AND OUR HEART IS ROOTED IN THE PRINCIPLES OF GOD’S HOLY WORD. GOD’S RULE OF LAW IS OUR FOUNDATION AND THE BEDROCK OF ORDER AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND HE CREATED IT RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.

GOD WANTED US TO HAVE A CONSTITUTION THAT DOCUMENTED HIS WILL AND PURPOSE AND HIS DESIRES FOR US. THE BIBLE IS THE EXPRESSED WILL OF THE KING IN WRITTEN FORM, AND IT GIVES US TRUTH, FREEDOM WITH BOUNDARIES, AND PURPOSE. GOD’S LAW IS PERFECT, TRUSTWORTHY, AND RIGHTEOUS. IT GIVES JOY TO OUR HEARTS. IT PROVIDES A GUIDE TO THE NATURE OF WHO WE ARE, THINGS THAT ARE INHERENT IN US. THINGS THAT CULTURE HAS NO REAL POWER TO CHANGE, BECAUSE THESE LAWS WERE BUILT INTO CREATION. THEY ARE A PART OF US, WRITTEN ON OUR HEARTS, THEY ARE IN OUR SPIRIT. BUT DO WE SEEK TO LEARN THEM, AND UNDERSTAND THEM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY GAIN WISDOM FROM THEM? HOW DO WE FIND THEM?

FOR ME IT WAS TRULY A PROCESS OF CHANGING THE FOCUS OF WHERE I SPENT MY TIME. IT WAS A THIRST THAT BEGAN TO CONSUME ME. I HAD THIS DESIRE TO KNOW GOD IN A DEEPER WAY. I HAD TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MY PURPOSE, WHO I WAS, AND I WANTED DEPTH IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. I WANTED MORE THAN A GOOD SERMON ON SUNDAY. SO I BEGAN TO PRAY TO GOD TO BRING ME DEEPER….. AND IT WAS AMAZING WHAT GOD DID FOR ME, AND IS DOING!

ONE OF MY FRIENDS, RUSS, SHARED THAT HE WAS RIGHT WHERE I WAS IN NEEDING SOMETHING DEEPER! AND WOW, WE GOT DEEP INTO THE JOURNEY. SUDDENLY I STARTED MEETING MEN THAT WERE AFTER THE SAME THING I WAS AFTER. I STARTED SPENDING TIME WITH GUYS WHO WERE PRIORITIZING GOD, AND I BEGAN TO LEARN ABOUT THINGS THAT I HAD NEVER BEEN INTRODUCED TO. I STARTED TO READ THE OLD TESTAMENT (TORAH), AND IT WAS LIKE I HAD BEEN UTTERLY PULLED INTO THE WORDS. FROM SURFACE, TO DEPTH, TO TOTAL IMMERSION…..AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. GENESIS, TO EXODUS, TO LEVITICUS, TO NUMBERS, AND DEUTERONOMY. ON AND ON, HUNGRY FOR MORE. THESE BOOKS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF JUDAISM, AND THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. SOME JEWISH BOYS HAVE THEM MEMORIZED WORD FOR WORD BY THE TIME THEY ARE 12 OR SO. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY ARE THE WORD OF GOD FOR CHRISTIANS AS WELL, AND THEY ARE LIFE FOR OUR WHOLE BEING! GOD’S PERFECT CREATION AND HIS DESIGN FOR OUR LIVES. THESE WORDS SHOW US HOW WE WERE DESIGNED TO LIVE AND TO BE….

JESUS KNEW THESE WORDS INTIMATELY, AND HIS LIFE ON EARTH WAS BUILT IN SHARING AND EXPOUNDING TO ALL WHAT THEY MEANT AND THE POWER THEY HELD FOR EACH PERSON’S LIFE. HE WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS IN HIM. HE CAME TO SAVE US. HE CAME TO REDEEM US. HE CAME TO FULFILL THE LAW, AND SHOW US THE FACE AND HEART OF THE FATHER. WHAT AN AMAZING GIFT!

WE ARE LEFT WITH A DIFFICULT TASK TODAY. OUR WORLD IS FULL OF LAWS EVERYWHERE WE GO, AND THEY KEEP CHANGING, AND THEY HAVE BECOME SO CONTROLLING AND DIVISIVE. HOW DO WE DEAL WITH ALL THIS CONFUSION AND DISAGREEMENT???

I THINK WE SEARCH FOR OUR ANSWERS AND OUR PATH IN THE WORDS AND WISDOM OF OUR LORD. JESUS HAD A LOT TO SAY, AND IF YOU TRULY PURPOSE YOURSELF TO KNOW HIM, AND HEAR HIS WORDS AND WATCH HIS ACTIONS YOU WILL JUST START TO FEEL YOURSELF CHANGING…..AND IF YOU ASK HIM INTO YOUR HEART AND CONFESS HIM AS YOUR LORD, NOT ONLY WILL YOU GAIN SALVATION, YOU WILL TRULY BE FREE, AND THE TRUTH WILL SHINE LIKE THE STARS IN HEAVEN :) PEACE, AND I PRAY FOR EVERYONE TO GET THIRSTY…..GOD IS WAITING FOR YOU!

• Special thanks to my brother Myles Munroe for the incredible things I have learned from his books. Check them out on my home page in resources. Myles has gone home to the Lord, but I can’t wait to meet him someday and thank him for his wisdom!