Like many, I was religious at one time in my life. After receiving the Kingdom, I realized that it comes with distinction. Wherever the Kingdom of Heaven appears it brings beauty, vitality and abundant life and fruitfulness. This is in stark contrast to the pretender's (Satan) false kingdom, which leaves nothing but death and desolation in its wake. As an ambassador of the King, we have been planted here to change the world, to make a difference by our presence. Most religions of the world, including the religion "Christianity", focus on getting people ready to leave this world. Believe me when I say that is the wrong emphasis. Our mission is not to prepare for departure, but to plant kingdoms, to put down roots and to plan to stick around for awhile.
Now the question: Why would our king place us here with an assignment to fulfill if all we were supposed to do was get ready to leave? No, his plan is to change the world through our influence, or rather, His influence through us, and then transform the Earth from the waste that Satan's dominion has made of it into a lush, abundant "garden" of life and beauty that fully reflects the culture and environment of Heaven. In order to bring our influence to bear, we must be present.
So many of us spend time praying for the day when we can leave, forgetting all the while that this is not how Jesus prayed. Jesus never prayed for our departure from this planet Earth. He prayed instead for His Father to prepare us and protect us for what we have been placed on the Earth to do. (meaning your purpose). King Jesus made it quite plain:
I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
Remember, God's plan is for the Earth to be filled with His glory. And for that to happen, it must be filled with His children, heirs and citizens of His Kingdom who have seeded the Earth with their influence and manifested His culture. We must be filled with the Holy Spirit.
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit
John 17:14-19 Ephesians 5:18
~~W.R. Luchie
Now the question: Why would our king place us here with an assignment to fulfill if all we were supposed to do was get ready to leave? No, his plan is to change the world through our influence, or rather, His influence through us, and then transform the Earth from the waste that Satan's dominion has made of it into a lush, abundant "garden" of life and beauty that fully reflects the culture and environment of Heaven. In order to bring our influence to bear, we must be present.
So many of us spend time praying for the day when we can leave, forgetting all the while that this is not how Jesus prayed. Jesus never prayed for our departure from this planet Earth. He prayed instead for His Father to prepare us and protect us for what we have been placed on the Earth to do. (meaning your purpose). King Jesus made it quite plain:
I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
Remember, God's plan is for the Earth to be filled with His glory. And for that to happen, it must be filled with His children, heirs and citizens of His Kingdom who have seeded the Earth with their influence and manifested His culture. We must be filled with the Holy Spirit.
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit
John 17:14-19 Ephesians 5:18
~~W.R. Luchie
