One of the warriors of old made this statement: "The purpose of war is victory, and the purpose of victory is occupation." In the Kingdom, we add one more step to the process: The purpose of occupation is expansion.
The Lord would not give the Promised Land to Israel all at once because they did not have the ability to occupy all of the territory. By only giving them the amount of land they could occupy, He positioned them for expansion. Expansion is vital to advancing the Kingdom of Heaven. The man who was given the one talent and buried it simply occupied and protected that accomplishment but suffered tremendously because he did not take what he had and position it for increase (Matthew 25:15-28).
It's important that we view life with the perspective of expansion and forward motion. When we think this way, we are positioning ourselves for increase and promotion. It's not healthy to simply find a place you want to stay in and occupy. The moment you have found a leveling-off place is the moment you begin backsliding.
When your passion begins to decline, you already start to die. You were born to burn. Elisha came to the king and said, "Please strike the ground with these arrows." And he struck the ground three times. The prophet became furious at the king and said, "If only you had struck the ground five or six times you would have annihilated the enemy, but now you're only going to have three temporary victories." Because the king did not live out of passion, he couldn't carry the anointing that God wanted to give him, and it cost the nation. When leaders don't have passion, it costs everyone who follows.
Passion and the anointing run in parallel courses. A person with passion will take risks. Everything you want in the realm of the Kingdom is found through this veil of difficulty by stepping into the realm of inconvenience. You don't get it by coasting on yesterday's breakthrough. You were born for expansion.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Be discreet and listen, dude!
Last time whenever I hear testimonies from fellow brethrens, I felt so frustrated because the testimonies was their not mine. And many times I asked God for such experiences, but I didn't see the prayer answered. So naturally I read bible more and pray more. I'm not sure have you guys ever have such mentality, when I don't see promises come to pass I will live my christian living even more "perfect" in order to get the promises come to pass. And that's completely a lie of devil.
And when I read Bible, pray, and listen to sermons of many famous men and women of God. I started to learn more about the spiritual and natural truth. I was thinking in my mind, "yeah man, I learn a lot. I will excell in my ministry quicker..." I even started to criticize my own senior pastor's sermons. Thinking in my mind, this point is not well presented, this explanation is wrong, I can explain this point better... You know what, I think the person most expert in bible knowledge in the whole world is none other than pharisees and scribe in the Bible. But almost all of them at all time were finding fault in Jesus's teaching. That's why there was one time in the Bible, Jesus was ready to heal the people there when He was teaching (Luke 5:17). But end up only one person who was paralyzed was healed recorded in the Bible.
Back to story, I had not been receiving any revelation and strength during my senior pastor's teaching ever since I had such mentality. Then I blame my senior pastor not anointed enough. As long as i embraced such mentality, I couldn't received anything during teaching time. I personally think I was even out of the coverage of anointing of my senior pastor, because things didn't work well in my ministry.
There was another story in Bible, a scribe asked Jesus a question (Mark 12:28). This scribe was different from others. After Jesus answered him, and the scribe responded wisely(v32). Jesus saw that he answered intelligently [discreetly, having his wit about him]. Jesus said to him, "you are not far from the kingdom of God"(v34, amplified bible). Wow, isn't it wonderful? When you remain discreet and listen carefully to words of God, God says, you are not far from the kingdom of God; let say, when your mentor or leader was speaking some godly wisdoms and advices to you, and you remain discreet and listen carefully, God says you are very near to my King-dom, "King's Dominion". As you know our King is a good King, His kingdom is filled with good stuff too: love, joy, peace, gifts of healing, miracles... gentleness, blah blah blah.
I have already settled with my heart, repented. How about you?
Remark: Sorry to my senior pastor for my foolish way. However I praise Jesus! There is now no condemnation for those who are in Jesus Christ! Yeah!! Therefore let us continue with our foolishness. ...Certainly not!(Romans 6:1)
And when I read Bible, pray, and listen to sermons of many famous men and women of God. I started to learn more about the spiritual and natural truth. I was thinking in my mind, "yeah man, I learn a lot. I will excell in my ministry quicker..." I even started to criticize my own senior pastor's sermons. Thinking in my mind, this point is not well presented, this explanation is wrong, I can explain this point better... You know what, I think the person most expert in bible knowledge in the whole world is none other than pharisees and scribe in the Bible. But almost all of them at all time were finding fault in Jesus's teaching. That's why there was one time in the Bible, Jesus was ready to heal the people there when He was teaching (Luke 5:17). But end up only one person who was paralyzed was healed recorded in the Bible.
Back to story, I had not been receiving any revelation and strength during my senior pastor's teaching ever since I had such mentality. Then I blame my senior pastor not anointed enough. As long as i embraced such mentality, I couldn't received anything during teaching time. I personally think I was even out of the coverage of anointing of my senior pastor, because things didn't work well in my ministry.
There was another story in Bible, a scribe asked Jesus a question (Mark 12:28). This scribe was different from others. After Jesus answered him, and the scribe responded wisely(v32). Jesus saw that he answered intelligently [discreetly, having his wit about him]. Jesus said to him, "you are not far from the kingdom of God"(v34, amplified bible). Wow, isn't it wonderful? When you remain discreet and listen carefully to words of God, God says, you are not far from the kingdom of God; let say, when your mentor or leader was speaking some godly wisdoms and advices to you, and you remain discreet and listen carefully, God says you are very near to my King-dom, "King's Dominion". As you know our King is a good King, His kingdom is filled with good stuff too: love, joy, peace, gifts of healing, miracles... gentleness, blah blah blah.
I have already settled with my heart, repented. How about you?
Remark: Sorry to my senior pastor for my foolish way. However I praise Jesus! There is now no condemnation for those who are in Jesus Christ! Yeah!! Therefore let us continue with our foolishness. ...Certainly not!(Romans 6:1)
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