And If You Possess The Keys To This Home... Where Do You Live?Our brains trigger us to automatically respond when we're asked this question... "Where do you live?" Without hesitation, we answer providing the physical geographical location of where we reside. The answers which we provide give an actual accounting of the facts surrounding our location of address here on the earth. Then, where exactly is the "Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven?" If this is a true realm of the Father's Glory that exists for us here and now on the earth, just where might we find this Kingdom?
Jesus said to us in Mark 4:11 that we have been entrusted to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God. They are the secret counsels of God which are hidden from the ungodly. He said, for those outside of this circle everything becomes a parable. In other words, the Kingdom of God is for His own children, those who've made Jesus Lord of their lives! Jesus Himself said that it is not for those who don't know Him. The Kingdom of God has been revealed as a place in which we dwell where to us mysteries and secret counsels are revealed and made known.
The Kingdom of the Heavens is a mystery of more than one thing to be revealed. The Bible provides many references about the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, there is no way for me to package it neatly and sum it up within this blog. Like the Father, it is vast and multi-faceted. The Bible tells us in Matthew 6:31-34 to not worry and be anxious for the things that we know we need (food, drink, clothing) because this is how those who are without God operate... wishing for and craving and diligently seeking all these things. Within the Kingdom of God, He already knows very well that you have need of these things. What we are to seek and strive after is His Kingdom and His righteousness. We are to seek His way for our lives within each day, and as we walk along the path of following closely and obediently after Him, He promises that these things will be given to us.
Within this Kingdom, we are assured of being provided of everything we need to sustain us daily. Romans 14:17 says, after all the Kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but instead it is living a life of righteousness and heart peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. In other words, it's not found to be a part of the tangibleness of things outside of you that go into or on the body, but is found on the inside where the Spirit of God tabernacles within you. Instead of living your life dictated by the circumstances that surround and mold you, you are to live allowing the Spirit of God from within to perfect you as you dictate and create the world around you to be as God intends it to be. Therefore, the Kingdom of God is in the Holy Spirit which dwells within you as a Believer!
Jesus also tells us that the Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who sowed good seed in his field (Matthew 13). Many of us have heard this parable used to describe many things, all relating to the sowing and reaping of harvests in our lives, especially the parable's intent by Jesus to be the wonderful harvest of souls for the God's Kingdom.
Most importantly, since we are told that the first thing we should seek is the Kingdom of God and His righteousness concerning everything in our lives, then we should seek God's way of doing and being right. God says His ways and thoughts are higher than ours, therefore we should always be seeking His higher purposes through our thinking, meditation, decisions, words, and actions. And when we are obedient to this, then not only will all the things that God knows we need be provided, but also the good life He has prepared and predestined for us will be within the paths of our lives at its appointed time. If we are willing and obedient, we shall eat the good of the land (Isaiah 1:19).
You possess the keys to this home!!! In believing Christ to be the Son of the living God, you have been given the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. With those keys, you have the ability to declare and decree what is to be proper and lawful for you on the earth. Whatever is already lawful and proper in the Heavens is what you have the right to loose through your words of authority for yourself and your family on this earth. And whatever has already declared to be improper and unlawful in the Heavens, you have the authority to bind this activity from operating within your life and family here on earth (Matthew 16:19).
Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Father caused us to be born anew into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade because it is reserved just for you within the Heavenly realm of His Kingdom, and is being guarded by God's power through your faith (1Peter 1:3-5). Within this realm, you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, God's own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light (1Peter 2:9).
Can you truly imagine that you live here in the earth as a king, having the same authority and rulership as royalty. The Kingdom of the Heavens here on earth in which you dwell is where you rule and reign. When your words align with the Heavens, your word is the final authority! Ecclesiastes 8:4 says the word of a king is authority and power, and who can say to him, What are you doing? The king is never reprimanded by that which is subject to him. His decrees are like laws that go forth into the land that must be established and obeyed. Do you see how much power you possess within the Kingdom of the Heavens? Have you shown yourself worthy of a share in this Kingdom? Have you submitted to believe and obey the voice of the Father Who beckons you to live with Him in this Kingdom? Have you submitted to allow Jesus to be Lord over your life and submit to the calling and purposes that were predestined for you by the Father?
Glory Realm Living Is Life Inside The Kingdom of the Heavens
The Greek word for Kingdom or Kingdom of God is Basileia, which is an ancient Greek word meaning royal place. Glory Realm Living is life within the realm of a royal place, a place of royal power, kingship, dominion and rule. Of course, we are learning that this is not an actual tangible kingdom, but rather the right and authority to rule within the spiritual realm. Within this realm, you have been conferred with dignity and are distinguished as king. You have been clothed with power, and are part of a divine guidance and inspiration of God's government that is subject to the will of our High Priest and King of kings. The Kingdom of the Heavens is that perfect order of things which the Father establishes. You as king make the decrees, and the Father establishes them for you (Job 22:28).
Within this Kingdom, we move by the Spirit of God going forth doing the greater works of the High Priest... the dead are raised, the sick are miraculously healed, and the powers that are hostile to God are vanquished. The wrongs which burden our present circumstances are brought to justice and exalted to the perfect order of things which already exist in the Heavens. Our Kingdom is a divine City of God's fortunes and blessings and benefits, which He aligned us to partake of because of the completed work of the Cross. This universe in which we physically live is subject to God's royal dominion through us. We are here on earth to advance the interests and intents of this Heavenly Kingdom.
In this realm, we live under open Heavens in great expectation of seeing the goodness of God every single day! Jesus opened the Heavens 2000 years ago. Jesus is God's Love Letter to us willed with great and precious promises. Deuteronomy 28 tells us about some of those promises, and of the treasury He opens and makes available to us, where the rain and the acceleration of God's Presence comes powerfully into our lives. Position yourself to live abundantly in the atmosphere of His Glory. The angels of the Heavens are waiting for you to give them something to do. They hearken to the words of God to help carry out the destinies of those within this Covenant. They garrison around you to divinely protect you according to the will God has for your life.
A place where supernatural is natural. A place where authority and power distinguish you as His own. We have so very much to be thankful for, especially that our names are written above, and that we are marked as one of those belonging to the Kingdom of the Heavens, even here on the earth! So the next time you're asked, Where do you live? Instead of letting your brain automatically respond with your physical location, allow your spirit to respond, reminding you of that royal place you live within the realm of God's Glory!
As we give thanks this week, we are reminded that our way of living is to be in constant gratitude for all God has done and continues to do for us! LIVE OUT LOUD IN THE REALM OF GOD'S GLORY TODAY! HAPPY THANKSGIVING & MUCH LOVE TO YOU & YOUR FAMILY! MWAH!!!
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