GOD'S KINGDOM VS. THE WORLD. WHERE ARE YOUR FEET ?

5/9/19

AS I HAVE BEEN LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD, I AM CONSTANTLY CALLED TO LOOK BACK IN TIME. WE HAVE ALL HEARD THE STATEMENT THAT “HISTORY TENDS TO REPEAT ITSELF”. IN MY EXPERIENCE, THERE IS MUCH TRUTH IN THIS, AS HISTORY IS FULL OF LESSONS THAT MANKIND SEEMED TO REPEAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WITH THE SAME RESULTS. FROM THE MOMENT ADAM AND EVE SUCCUMBED TO THE TEMPTATION TO BE IN ESSENCE AN EQUAL WITH GOD, MANKIND HAS TRIED TO LIVE AND CREATE PURPOSE THAT HAVE PUT SELF CONTROL AND SELF REIGN ABOVE OR EQUAL TO THE PLACE OF GOD IN OUR LIFE. IN THE TIME WHEN NOAH WAS ON THE EARTH, MANKIND HAD BECOME IMMERSED IN SELF, FROM CORRUPTION TO SENSUAL DEPRAVITY, TO CHANGING THE GENETIC MAKEUP OF SPECIES, AND TO CHALLENGING THE VERY IMAGE THAT WE HAD BEEN CREATED IN AND OF. AND GOD DIDN’T LIKE IT. THANKFULLY, NOAH WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN, AND WHEN GOD FLOODED THE EARTH, NOAH AND HIS FAMILY ALONG WITH ALL THE SPECIES GOD HAD CREATED WERE ALLOWED TO SURVIVE AND BEGIN ANEW. NOAH’S FEET HAD BEEN FIRMLY PLANTED IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

AFTER THE FLOOD AS TIME MOVED FORWARD, SOME OF NOAH’S PROGENY BECAME CAUGHT UP IN THE INIQUITY OF ORIGINAL SIN ONCE AGAIN, AND THUS BEGAN THE REIGN OF THE 1ST KING OF THE WORLD POST FLOOD. HIS NAME WAS NIMROD. NIMROD WAS A POWERFUL RULER, WHO DEMANDED TOTAL WORSHIP AND DEPENDENCE FROM ALL HE RULED OVER. HE WAS A WARRIOR, AND ALSO A MIGHTY RULER OF GREAT STATURE. A FURTHER STUDY OF NIMROD REVEALS THAT HE WAS INDEED A GIANT IN STATURE, AND HAD TRANSCENDED FROM HUMAN INTO A BLENDED BEING FROM PROCESSES OF OLD. WERE THESE PROCESSES PERHAPS FROM THE VERY TIMES OF NOAH, OR BEFORE, THAT HAD CAUSED GOD TO DESTROY MOST OF MANKIND ? WHEREVER NIMROD FOUND HIS PERSONA, ONE THING WAS CLEAR. NIMROD WANTED TO BE A GOD. BABYLON WAS THE CITY HE BUILT, AND IT ENCOMPASSED 200 SQUARE MILES….10 TIMES THE SIZE OF TODAY’S LONDON. HE ALSO ERECTED WALLS THAT WERE 400 FEET TALL, AND BUILT THE MASSIVE TOWER THAT WE KNOW AS THE TOWER OF BABEL….IT HAS BEEN DEPICTED AS AN AMAZING 8,150 FEET IN HEIGHT. HE BUILT IT TO REACH GOD, AND TO WAGE WAR WITH HIM. HIS KINGDOM HAD ONE LANGUAGE, ONE RELIGION (NIMROD), AND UTTER TYRANNY FOR ALL WHO EXISTED IN IT. AND ONCE AGAIN, GOD DIDN’T LIKE IT. THE TOWER OF BABEL WAS DESTROYED BY GOD’S MIGHTY HAND, AND THE LANGUAGE OF BABYLON WAS STRUCK WITH CONFUSION. THE ONCE MIGHTY CITY FELL TO RUIN AND THE INHABITANTS WANDERED AWAY TO ESTABLISH NEW PLACES ALL WITH THEIR OWN UNIQUE LANGUAGE.

TRAVEL WITH ME DOWN THROUGH THE SANDS OF TIME. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN TYRANNICAL NATIONS RISE, PLACING SELF AND CONTROL OF OTHERS AS A MAIN GOAL. AND WITH THAT, A LOATHING OF GOD AND THE PRINCIPALS OF HIS KINGDOM, THE DEPRAVED CULTURE AND PRACTICES THAT COME WITH IT. CEASAR, HITLER, POL POT, STALIN, MAO, AND THE LIST GOES ON. THIS STORY HAS EXISTED FROM THE BEGINNING, AND FRANKLY, IT IS ALL AROUND US TODAY. GOVERNMENTS THAT DESIRE TO CONTROL THE PEOPLE, AND PUSH GOD OUT. GOVERNMENTS THAT RESIST AND CHANGE THE TRUTH OF GOD’S LAW AND NATURE TO WHATEVER THEY FEEL WILL BEST SUIT THEIR PURPOSE TO GAIN AND RETAIN CONTROL AND POWER OVER PEOPLE. IT HAS EVEN BECOME A PART OF MANY CHURCHES AND DENOMINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ATTEND IN WORSHIP TODAY. LUCIFER KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES WHEN IT COMES TO HIS WAYS AND GOALS. DO WE JUST WRING OUR HANDS AND BECOME ANOTHER TALE IN THE ANNALS OF HISTORY ?

THANKFULLY, WE HAVE A CHOICE. A CHOICE THAT REQUIRES US TO MAKE A CHOICE WHERE WE PUT OUR FEET. I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. ARE YOU A KINGDOM OF GOD CITIZEN, OR ARE YOU A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD ? WE ALL LIVE IN THE WORLD NO DOUBT, BUT DO THE PRACTICES OF CULTURE AND WHAT MEN DEFINE AS BEST FOR YOU RULE YOUR LIFE, OR DO YOU SEEK GOD FOR TRUTH AND YOUR IDENTITY ?

GOD NEVER DESIRED MANKIND TO LEAVE HIM. GOD WANTED MANKIND TO LIVE AND MULTIPLY AND PROSPER WITH HIM IN PARADISE. LIVING TOGETHER IN PEACE AND HARMONY. GENESIS STATES IT CLEARLY, AND IT ALSO TAKES US FORWARD FROM WHAT FOLLOWED WHEN WE TRIED TO MATCH OUR CREATOR IN STATURE AND IMPORTANCE.

THOSE FEET, THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF FOCUS AND WORK. SOMETIMES THEY ARE ALL IN ONE PLACE. EITHER IN GOD’S PRESENCE, OR IN THE WORLD. SOMETIMES, ONE FOOT IN, ONE FOOT OUT. WANTING GOD, BUT ALSO LOVING THE WORLD AND ALL IT HAS TO OFFER. SO WHERE DO WE BEGIN ? I CAN ONLY SHARE WHAT I AM STRIVING TOWARD, AND WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. I TRY EVERY DAY TO LET GOD GUIDE ME. I START IN PRAYER AND CONVERSATION WITH JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND I ASK FOR GUIDANCE IN ALL I DO. I ASK FOR HELP IN BEING OBEDIENT TO JESUS AND WHO HE WANTS ME TO BE. I CONFESS MY FAILURES AND WEAKNESS, AND ASK FORGIVENESS AND GRACE, THAT I MIGHT BECOME MORE LIKE JESUS EVERY DAY…..ONE TINY MILLIMETER AT A TIME. I WORK ON REPENTANCE….TRYING TO GET MY FEET RIGHT….

THE TRUE JOY OF BEING WITH GOD TO A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEMS DIFFICULT, OR NOT WORTH THE EFFORT, OR UTTER SILLINESS. BUT TO ME, AND ALL THOSE THAT I KNOW SHARE THE FAITH, WELL, WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW….AND IT COULDN’T BE ANY SWEETER. THANK YOU LORD FOR OPENING MY EYES AND EARS AND HEART TO WHO YOU ARE AND LETTING ME RESIDE IN YOUR KINGDOM EACH AND EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE, FOREVER. I AM SO GRATEFUL AND MAY ALL WHO SEEK YOU FIND YOU, AND THE SALVATION AND LOVE OF YOUR SON. MAY WE LOOK DOWN AND KNOW THAT OUR FEET ARE IN YOUR KINGDOM ! BLESSINGS AND TRUTH TO YOU JA

“YOURS, O LORD, IS THE GREATNESS AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY AND THE VICTORY AND THE MAJESTY, INDEED EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH; YOURS IS THE DOMINION, O LORD, AND YOU EXALT YOURSELF AS HEAD OVER ALL. BOTH RICHES AND HONOR COME FROM YOU, AND YOU RULE OVER ALL, AND IN YOUR HAND IS POWER AND MIGHT; AND IT LIES IN YOUR HAND TO MAKE GREAT AND STRENGTHEN EVERYONE. 1 Chronicles 29:11-12

YOUR THRONE, O GOD IS FOREVER AND EVER; A SCEPTER OF UPRIGHTNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF YOUR KINGDOM. Psalm 45:6