Romans
6:10
For
the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives
to God.
John
15:13-14
Greater
love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command
you.
Superior
knowledge, superior blessing, superior being.
This is the way of the Lord. I do
not command you to be my friends, but I am demanding of your love. It is your heart that I want, that I’m
searching after. I’m drawing you near by
the things that make you happy. It’s not
a life of lack that I have called you to but a life of plenty and abundance.
John
10:10
I
came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
What
does abundant provision look like to you?
In my kingdom its bountiful!
Beautiful tables filled with harvest, chairs of golden splendor,
curtains of the finest satins and linens – not a penny spared for the ones I
adore. My kingdom is rich and bountiful
and I’m waiting for you to explore.
There are so many facets of my kingdom – you just have to open the
door. You have looked into the doorway
of healing, and see that I am richly there, but there is a doorway to financial
freedom I joyously await for you to endure.
Walk with me down the hallways will you – I will show you the way – you
just have to trust me and know that I’m good – and I’m leading you all the way. I want you to be satisfied – to be happy – be
a tower of strength for the world to see.
(A
conversation with my father)
A
different kind of ministry. I’ve always
been a bit different – and my adult life is no different. I remember the day that I read the Lords
prayer and he highlighted to me the part “On earth as it is in Heaven”. I was new to the way he spoke to me and I
didn’t understand it at the time, but ever since I read that, I’ve been on a
call for a supernatural ministry. We all know (or at least hope by now that you
do) that the kingdom of heaven is supernatural.
What exists in Heaven has every legal right to exist here on earth. Healing, Love, Joy, Hope, Peace, Patience,
Power and Wealth. My list is certainly
not exhaustive, but a glimpse into the things that God is holding out for us to
partake of. What is ministry
anyway? I know in my definition, I made
it defined as – a person who travels like Jesus and preaches the gospel and wins
souls and heals. Websters dictionary
puts it this way; religious leaders as a group: ministers as a group, The
office, duties, or work of a religious minister, a government department or the
building in which it is located. A
minister is defined as: a person whose job involves leading church services,
performing religious ceremonies, and providing spiritual or religious guidance
to other people. A minister is also
defined as an official who heads a government or a major section of a
department in some countries, or also, a person who represents his or her own
government while living in a foreign country.
Who
are you? A child of God? If the answer is yes then that means that you
are not of this world, you… are a foreigner.
When you’re a foreigner, it means that you have a country, which has a
government, and that country is where you hold your citizenship. When you are a citizen of a country, you are
also protected under the rules of the foreign government. When an offense or something illegal happens
to you in your visiting country, your government has the power to defend you
and bring you justice. It is the same
with the kingdom of heaven. When you
became one with Christ, you became a foreigner to the world, you became a
citizen of Heaven – an ambassador here on earth. Do you know your rights of freedom that your
heavenly government gave you at that moment of accepting Christ? Religion binds us, the kingdom of heaven sets
us free. Religion tells us that being a
minister looks like being a pastor – and when were not going out into the world
and preaching or praying for people, were doing it wrong. This brings condemnation, and that is an
offense to your freedom. Recently, I
enrolled in a school at my church – a ministry school. I was so excited about it – I never heard God
tell me to go – I was going in my own strength and flesh. Soon after, God started wrestling with me – I
was fighting him – I couldn’t quit – I’d made friends there – and I’m not a
quitter – I had to finish this thing.
But… my daddy was whispering to me.. Come away with me my beloved… Daddy – how could you want me to quit this –
I’m doing this for you?! But the reality
of it was, it was drawing me away from his presence because I was 24-7 busy –
and finally when I had time to get into that quiet place with him, I was so
exhausted that I didn’t feel like it. I
was losing intimacy with my father and I hated it – and I cherish that above
all things to the point that when I don’t have time to snuggle in his lap, I’m
miserable. So I took the hard step and
walked away from school. My teacher was
gracious in understanding which was a huge relief. Since the time of quitting school, I received
a promotion at work. Mind you, I wrestled
with even this – I don’t want the things of the world to take me away from the
things of the Lord. My new position is
really busy – I have to be “on” from the moment I walk in the door to the
moment I leave. But God… I don’t know if any of this is making any
sense to you or not, because I know I’m still working to figure it all out
myself, but the point I’m trying to get to is this… We are all ministers. We are all called to do something here on
earth as his ambassadors. I was allowing
myself to be blind to the ministry that he called me to in business. Receiving the promotion at the same time I
quit school was no coincidence. God told
me that he had been waiting to give me that promotion, but I was pursuing my
own interests instead, so he held it. I
didn’t go after that promotion a month prior when I started thinking about it –
I waited - I didn’t think I could do it.
But God spoke to me very clearly one morning in a meeting with my boss –
I heard in my spirit that my boss was waiting for me to apply for that
promotion. So I spoke up and asked him
about it – I didn’t think I was qualified enough to do it because it required
engineering knowledge – I’m not an engineer… but my daddy is. I was doubting myself in my abilities – but I
spoke up… Doubting yourself is a sin you
know… not believing you can do it – who lives in you? Jesus, yes?
Doesn’t it say in God’s word that “I can do all things through Christ
who gives me strength”? (Philippians
4:13) Yes! So if the kingdom of heaven
lives inside of you, and the kingdom of heaven can do all things… Who are you to doubt yourself? So I renewed my mind, allowing God to have
his way in my life and put down school to take up business. I certainly cant see over the horizon from
where I’m standing but I do know for sure, that God has called me to do great
things for him – as he has also called you.
So I am choosing to let go of the way that I thought he meant for me to
go, and walking along the path that he already had paved out for me to go. What greater path could there ever be than
the path that he created for you; so stop trying to reproduce someone else’s
ministry and become who He created YOU to be.
Walk so firmly in your own path that others will look at your path and
want to follow – instead of being the same as everyone else. God doesn’t do a miracle the same way
twice. You’re his miracle, I’m his
miracle, Jesus was his miracle. He
promised we would do greater things than he ever could – maybe for me – my
greater miraculous path is through business – I don’t know yet – but he’s
pretty adamant that I stay there and keep pushing forward. Imagine his despair if I continued to try to
do it my way. He wants to help us – but
he cant when we wont let him.
One
last thing he is working on me with, is letting go of the fear of abundance. Gods kingdom is filled with abundant riches –
riches that he wants to lavish on us.
They are blessings that he wants us to have. When you’re not owned by these things like an
idol, you will know it – because allowing him to love you by giving you good
things will often take a change of mindset – to go from – I don’t need that, or
I’m not deserving. He wants to give
these things to YOU – not for you to pass them along to someone who you feel is
more in need, or more deserving than you are.
Let him spoil you in his love.
The amount you let him love you, is the amount that you will be able to
love on others. God has abundant love
that the world needs to know. Open up
your heart and allow him to renew your mind to the things that he is calling
you to, and be abundantly blessed in your journey.
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