MOVING FROM SALVATION TO KINGDOM PURPOSE

6/27/2019

i VIVIDLY REMEMBER THE NIGHT WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN AND I INVITED JESUS TO BE MY LORD AND SAVIOR. I WAS A TYPICAL TEENAGER TRYING TO FIND MYSELF AS A YOUNG MAN. MY PARENTS WERE AWESOME, AND THEY TRULY PUT A LOT OF LOVE AND JOY IN MY LIFE, BUT I ALSO AT TIMES FELT VERY ALONE. I WAS GROWING UP. I WAS ENAMORED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ASKING A SPECIAL GIRL TO A DANCE, BUT I WAS WAY TO SHY TO MUSTER UP THE COURAGE TO ACTUALLY ASK HER. PEOPLE WERE ASKING ME IF I WAS GOING TO COLLEGE. WHAT WOULD I FOCUS ON FOR A JOB…..YIKES ! I NEED HELP ! THANKFULLY GOD REACHED OUT TO ME AND GAVE ME THE GIFT OF HIS SON JESUS. JESUS GAVE ME THE GIFT OF SALVATION, AND A CHANCE TO BE REBORN INTO HIS LIKENESS. I FOUND THAT I WASN’T ALONE ANYMORE, AND I FOUND THE STRENGTH AND PROMISE AND FREEDOM THAT COMES ONLY THROUGH HIM.

I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE, BUT CHRIST WHO LIVES IN ME. AND THE LIFE I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME. Galatians 2:20

JESUS HAD BECOME THE FOUNDATION OF MY LIFE. HIS GIFT OF SALVATION IS AND WAS THE DEFINING MOMENT OF MY LIFE. MY SINS WERE FORGIVEN, AND MY LIFE IN ETERNITY WITH HIM WAS SET. THERE WAS THIS INCREDIBLE FOUNDATION THAT I COULD STAND ON AND BE SECURE AND SOLID. DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS I WONDERED ? YOU GUESSED IT…..IT SURE DOES ! SALVATION IS THE FIRST STEP OF ESTABLISHING JESUS AS YOUR FOUNDATION, BUT FOUNDATIONS ARE MEANT TO BE BUILT UPON. THE GIFT OF THE GOSPEL IS JUST THE STARTING POINT. THE TRUE JOY OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS WHERE IT TAKES YOU IN HIS KINGDOM, AND WHAT INCREDIBLE PATHS AND THINGS HE WILL BRING INTO YOUR LIFE FOR YOU TO EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISH. IT IS FOR YOUR LIFE IN GOD’S KINGDOM THAT JESUS SACRIFICED SO MUCH AND DESIRED FOR YOU TO BECOME COMPLETE IN HIM.. JESUS SPOKE OVER AND OVER ABOUT HIS KINGDOM, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS THAT YOU WERE IMMERSED IN IT.

THEY SHALL SPEAK OF THE GLORY OF YOUR KINGDOM AND TALK OF YOUR POWER. TO MAKE KNOWN TO THE SONS OF MEN YOUR MIGHTY ACTS AND THE GLORY OF THE MAJESTY OF YOUR KINGDOM. YOUR KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND YOUR DOMINION ENDURES THROUGHOUT ALL GENERATIONS. Psalm 145: 11-13

JESUS WAS GOING THROUGH ALL THE CITIES AND VILLAGES, TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES AND PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM, AND HEALING EVERY KIND OF DISEASE AND EVERY KIND OF SICKNESS Matthew 9:35

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WHERE WE ARE MEANT TO THRIVE, USING OUR TALENTS AND GIFTS AND EFFORTS TO SERVE IN IT, TO STRENGTHEN IT, TO GROW IT, AND TO HONOR IT. GOD’S KINGDOM IS OUR HOME AND OUR LIFE, WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GET BUSY DOING THE WORK WE ARE DESIGNED FOR AND CALLED TO DO. GOD’S KINGDOM IS ACTIVE AND ALIVE, AND YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT. WE NEED TO MOVE PAST SALVATION AND INTO THE PURPOSE AND JOY THAT GOD HAS DESIGNED FOR US. IT COMES IN SO MANY WAYS. IT CAN BEGIN WITH ADDING KNOWLEDGE IN GOD’S WORD TO BUILD STRENGTH INTO YOU. IT CAN MANIFEST IN SERVING OTHERS AND HELPING THEM IN THEIR DAILY STRUGGLES WITH LIFE AND ALL IT BRINGS. IT CAN BE FULFILLED IN SHARING THE GOSPEL, STARTING A FELLOWSHIP GROUP, MAKING PRAYER A FOCUS OF YOUR LIFE AND DAILY PRIORITY. PREACHING, TEACHING, HEALING, PROPHESY, WRITING, SERVING, MISSION WORK…..FINDING A CHURCH, BUILDING A COMMUNITY, SEEKING GOD DEEPLY IN YOUR LIFE. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS TRULY IN US, AND AS FOLLOWERS OF JESUS, WE SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT HIS KINGDOM, FOR IN HIS KINGDOM RESIDES TRUTH, FREEDOM, HOPE, JOY, AND LIFE….LIFE FOREVER.

ARE YOU SEEKING HIS KINGDOM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ARE YOU ACTIVELY WORKING IN IT ? AGAIN, ARE YOU ACTIVELY WORKING IN IT AND FOR IT ? THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE SITTING IN CHURCH LISTENING TO GREAT SONGS AND ENJOYING A SERMON, I IMPLORE YOU TO LOOK UP AND NOTICE THE WORDS GOD IS WAITING FOR YOU TO SEE:

WANTED : A PERSON WHO IS LOOKING TO WORK IN MY KINGDOM

SCOPE OF WORK : SHARING ME, AND USING THE GiFTS I HAVE GIVEN YOU TO BUILD AND GROW MY KINGDOM.

QUALIFICATIONS : A LOVE FOR MY SON, AND A DESIRE FOR OTHERS TO KNOW HIM.

RENUMERATION: ETERNAL LIFE AND JOY BEYOND COMPREHENSION

CONTACT INFO: COME TO ME AND ASK. I’M WAITING

LOVE, GOD

MAY YOU ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND GET BUSY LIVING AND THRIVING AND GROWING HIS KINGDOM, FOR YOUR TREASURES ARE IN HIM :) J/A

JESUS SAID TO HIM, “ IF YOU WISH TO BE COMPLETE, GO AND SELL YOUR POSSESSIONS AND GIVE TO THE POOR AND YOU WILL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN; AND COME, FOLLOW ME”. Matthew 19:21