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Stable Kingdom Living in a Changing World
By Ron McGatlin
There is a violent opposition to face when entering the real kingdom of God.
As the journey of our spiritual lives reach unfamiliar challenges of high mountain passes or low valley swampy bogs and big river crossings, our need for godly wisdom, guidance and courage becomes even more apparent.
From the Spirit of Christ within us that is connected to the seat of all power in heaven, flows supernatural strengthening into our spirits to carry us through all the deceitful opposition of the enemy that seeks to stop or hinder our journey.
In this season of the history of the world, we face the massive shift of transformation from the fallen world systems into the redeemed kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. The government of God is coming forth under the One King, Christ Jesus. Yes, there is a ways yet to go and many battles to be won. However, the transformational work of Christ Jesus has begun and will continue until the promises of God are completely fulfilled on Planet Earth.
The battles for the transformation of this world are won or lost in the hearts and minds of men. We are approaching the latter parts of this journey. Our season of wilderness wanderings is coming toward its end as the world becomes the battleground of the cleansing works of God reaching into the hearts of mankind to produce the life of Christ by the Spirit of God.
The children of Israel were in a similar situation near the end of their years of wilderness wanderings when they faced the final leg of their journey into the Promised Land. The same message from God that Joshua spoke to the people in that day is again coming forth today. They were told repeatedly to, “Be strong and very courageous.” Our strength and courage comes from the Lord.
In a general sense the Body of Christ is now coming near the end of our wilderness journey that seemed to be taking us nowhere fast. The long years of preparation are behind, and the latter rain of His presence is falling upon us to bring final preparation of strength and courage of the Lord to become Spirit-power-filled sons of God moving in relationally assembled groups for specific purposes toward receiving the promise of the kingdom.
Like Gideon’s army final testing is taking place to determine who is to go into the great battle against the enemy and who is to return to see to other needs at home (Judges 7). There are different jobs and assignments for the various groups selected by God to carry out the many facets of God’s establishment of His Mountain above all the mountains (Isaiah 2).
Not everyone will go to the battle front, but all the people of God have a part in the manifestation of the living Christ within His people bringing forth His kingdom on earth. As with David’s army that went after the enemy that had taken all their goods and wives and children captive, those who were too faint to go stayed with the stuff, and those who rode hard to overtake and defeat the enemy to take back the captives and their goods all equally shared in the spoils of the war (1 Samuel 30).
The battle is the Lords. It is God that goes before us and Holy Angels are our rear guard. The wisdom of God will direct with cunning strategies to bring forth the defeat of the enemies and the return of the kingdoms of this world to the kingdoms of our Lord. Warriors shall be as wise or cunning as serpents and harmless as doves. The wise strategies of God will cause the enemy forces to destroy themselves and to flee before the angelic forces working with the sons of God to destroy the evil deception and bondage imposed upon the children of God.
The Lord assures us now that not one martyred child of God will fail to be fully recompensed upon the evil forces that kill the children of God for their pleasure. Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord. The love of God will not allow the imbalance of loving children of God being abused and murdered for the pleasure of evil to continue to exist. There is a war from heaven as powerful angels join with the sons of God to bring forth the love of God to rule and reign on earth. Every work of evil shall be brought to the justice of God, and every scale shall be balanced and nothing is hidden from our God.
The most important thing for each of us is not whether we live long or die young in battle, but that we finish the work God has put us on earth to do. It is time for the sons of God to be stirred up in our spirits by the blowing trumpets of God calling us to rise up and receive the empowerment of God to find our place and align ourselves in the relational place God is calling us to connect in His love.
There is not time to play games. Sports have given way to the truth of the real war against all that has exalted itself against God and His children. Some of us will trash the video games and forget the TV spectator sports and enter into the real life of supernatural heroes giving our lives to set the captives free and proclaim the day of the Lord and the opening of the prisons and the return of sight to the blind. The mundane life of the past will soon come to an abrupt end, and the weak will become strong, the foolish shall become wise, and the life of God will flow into the veins of the dormant sleepy people of God.
Awaken, the trumpet is blowing! Arise, tighten your belt and pull on your boots; prepare! Fall on your face before Him; your time draws nigh, and the time is short. Play time and party time is past; the world is crying out for the living to arise and bring forth the works of God in Christ Jesus abiding in us by the Holy Spirit.
Minstrels sing out the praise of God, let worship and praise ring out across the land, shake the rafters and shatter the windows with the praise of your mouth for your God; there is nothing in this world that will stand against you, and holy angels shall be all around you. ARISE OUR TIME HAS COME!
A broken heart He will not turn away.
Ron McGatlin
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