21 Nor will
people say, Look! Here [it is]! or, See, [it is] there! For behold, the kingdom
of God is within you [in your hearts] and among you [surrounding you]. - Luke 17:20 – 21 AMP
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The Kingdom of God aka the Kingdom of Heaven is not limited
to the afterlife in Heaven as some think, the Kingdom of God is in you and
around you right now. As a disciple of Jesus, everywhere you go the Kingdom
goes, so wherever you are, the Kingdom of God is there. So you are an
ambassador of the Kingdom everywhere you go, not only that but you have also been
fully commissioned to represent the King of Kings where you are today, be it at
your work, your school, your business, or in whatever it is that you do or
wherever it is that you are, you are Christ’s representative.
May our prayer and desire over our areas of influence always
be “your Kingdom come, your will be done here (where you are right now) on earth
as it is in heaven” and watch
opportunities for His will to be done unfold right before you. He desires to
save those around you, He desires to heal them, He desires to bless them and set
them free…and He desires to do that through you, His ambassador! As a child of
God, do not think for a moment that you don’t or can’t be used by God to reach
others because of what you've done or not done, the blood of Jesus qualifies
you, the sacrifice of Jesus has put away ALL your sins forever and because of
that His righteousness has been imputed to your account. In His sight you are
righteous, even if you don’t feel like it, believe His Word, not your feelings.
So yes, you can boldly say with the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:7 “we have
this treasure in earthen vessels so that the excellency of the power may be of
God and not of ourselves”…or better yet as our Lord himself said in John 14:10 “it
is the Father who is in me who is doing the work through me” for it is indeed
God who works in us to will and to do for His good pleasure.
When we believe in Jesus, in what He has done on that
rugged cross for us (He put away ALL our sins, freed us from the curse of the OT
Law and reconciled us to God) we become
part of God’s own Royal Priesthood, we’re made kings and priests unto Him. His
Spirit comes and lives in us, we are now the temple of the Holy Spirit and He
is God, just think about it, God lives in you…wow! Yes, it’s the same Holy Spirit
that hovered over the waters before creation, the same Spirit that raised Jesus
from the dead, the very same Spirit that empowered the early church to
accomplish great feats for the King of Kings lives in you!
Let us cooperate with the Holy Spirit who is within us to
see the Kingdom of God impact lives around us, may His Kingdom come and His
will be done wherever we find ourselves today!
Blessings!
Blessings!
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