Kingdom 102: Knowing How to Apply the Kingdom Concept
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There are many religious phrases and concepts we have grown up with that detract from the concept of living in God's Kingdom. So often, we hear people needing a "breakthrough". They're "sowing a seed for a breakthrough" and "praying for a breakthrough". In the Kingdom, we don't need to pursue a "breakthrough". That is not to be our focus. That is self-focused. That is not Kingdom living! First and foremost, we must seek God's Kingdom first and embrace His Word! We must learn the act of being obedient. How do you do that?
By making your number one priority reading and studying God's Constitution every day. Allow His Word to be the first source that enters your thoughts. There is so much information in this world that will mislead you away from the will of God for your life. But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:33-34 To seek after something takes focus, effort and energy on your part. What you seek after is first in your life.
When the Lord Jesus was here on earth, He came to introduce a Kingdom, not a religion. His first announcement was: “Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 The Lord Jesus followed His Father's instruction to the letter. He made it a priority. By the way, we should follow Christ's perfect example as His ambassadors. He identified the Kingdom message as the first priority of man: Only those who really seek the Kingdom of God will find it. With seeking comes the understanding of the Kingdom and how it operates. Do you remember what the Lord told His closest followers? He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him." Matthew 13:11-12 It is very important that you put first things first. This is where obedience comes to play. One must be hungry for His Word. If you hunger for the Kingdom, then take His Word and apply it to your daily life without exception.
An excellent example of seeking is the woman with the issue of bleeding. She was seeking an encounter with Jesus because she knew she would be healed: Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”
Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”
But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.” Mark 5:25-34
Our first priority, and most important activity in this life, is to seek the Kingdom. Knowledge of the secrets of the Kingdom is only given to those who are genuinely seeking for it. I ask you this: How can you find the Kingdom of God if you do not know how or what you are looking for? Remember, the Lord will never demand from you what He does not supply. He will never ask us to do anything He does not first instruct us how to do. God's Constitution, the Bible, is His instruction book to life!
This is the word to Jeremiah concerning the children of promise while being in captivity to King Nebuchadnezzar: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13 The Lord God still wants us to seek Him with all our heart. He wants all of you, all the time. The Kingdom is for us. But seek the Kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. Luke 12:31-32
We must always take inventory of our life and mindset, holding it up to the Word of God. We must measure ourselves and see if we line up with His standards. His standards should always be our standards and His standards are in God's Word. Seek the Kingdom with all your heart, always! Only then will the Kingdom concept be applied to every aspect of our lives.
Complete submission when we pray for something is praying His Will be done over yours. We pray as King Jesus did before the cross. “Father, if it is Your Will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”
Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Luke 22:42-44
Your obedience and faith in His Word plays a vital part in living a Kingdom life.
All scriptures are NKJV unless noted
W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
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By making your number one priority reading and studying God's Constitution every day. Allow His Word to be the first source that enters your thoughts. There is so much information in this world that will mislead you away from the will of God for your life. But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:33-34 To seek after something takes focus, effort and energy on your part. What you seek after is first in your life.
When the Lord Jesus was here on earth, He came to introduce a Kingdom, not a religion. His first announcement was: “Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 The Lord Jesus followed His Father's instruction to the letter. He made it a priority. By the way, we should follow Christ's perfect example as His ambassadors. He identified the Kingdom message as the first priority of man: Only those who really seek the Kingdom of God will find it. With seeking comes the understanding of the Kingdom and how it operates. Do you remember what the Lord told His closest followers? He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him." Matthew 13:11-12 It is very important that you put first things first. This is where obedience comes to play. One must be hungry for His Word. If you hunger for the Kingdom, then take His Word and apply it to your daily life without exception.
An excellent example of seeking is the woman with the issue of bleeding. She was seeking an encounter with Jesus because she knew she would be healed: Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”
Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”
But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.” Mark 5:25-34
Our first priority, and most important activity in this life, is to seek the Kingdom. Knowledge of the secrets of the Kingdom is only given to those who are genuinely seeking for it. I ask you this: How can you find the Kingdom of God if you do not know how or what you are looking for? Remember, the Lord will never demand from you what He does not supply. He will never ask us to do anything He does not first instruct us how to do. God's Constitution, the Bible, is His instruction book to life!
This is the word to Jeremiah concerning the children of promise while being in captivity to King Nebuchadnezzar: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13 The Lord God still wants us to seek Him with all our heart. He wants all of you, all the time. The Kingdom is for us. But seek the Kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. Luke 12:31-32
We must always take inventory of our life and mindset, holding it up to the Word of God. We must measure ourselves and see if we line up with His standards. His standards should always be our standards and His standards are in God's Word. Seek the Kingdom with all your heart, always! Only then will the Kingdom concept be applied to every aspect of our lives.
Complete submission when we pray for something is praying His Will be done over yours. We pray as King Jesus did before the cross. “Father, if it is Your Will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”
Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Luke 22:42-44
Your obedience and faith in His Word plays a vital part in living a Kingdom life.
All scriptures are NKJV unless noted
W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
This article may only be reproduced, in print or on the internet, if the author's name and website address are included at the end of the article as originally placed. Thank you
