I love it when the Lord confirms the word, the promise He gave. Church service was full of God-winks, Holy Spirit hugs, and the Lord’s prompting to move forward. It was fire!
Here’s what I gleaned…
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Normalcy in the Kingdom is intimacy with God.
Normalcy is victory.
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The Kingdom of God operates from a different perspective than the world.
God is alive, and He reigns, and His people operate as though the power of Heaven is available and active at all times because it is.
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In the beginning, the earth was without form and void, and darkness covered the face of the deep.
For years, I believed God said, “Let there be light,” because light was what He desired to see.
But after this season with the Lord, I have come to realize something deeper:
He spoke light because He saw light.
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The description of darkness was given for us.
The Word He spoke revealed how His Kingdom operates.
From the very beginning, God spoke from His reality, not from earthly appearances.
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And we see this pattern throughout Scripture.
Abram had no children.
Sarai was barren.
Yet God changed their names to reflect what He saw rather than what they could see.
Abraham… father of many nations.
Sarah… princess.
And it was so!
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The man with the withered hand was described by his condition.
But Jesus addressed what Heaven had made available.
“Stretch out your hand.”
And as he obeyed, the reality of God’s Kingdom, what was already established, manifested before him.
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Zoe life, the life of God, sees as God sees, speaks as God speaks, and yields to the Holy Spirit as He works in and through us.
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We are people of faith.
Children of Light.
Those who have received the same Spirit of faith.
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Faith opens the window.
It adjusts the lens (remember this).
It enlarges our capacity to see what God has already declared to be true in Christ.
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This is not denying circumstances.
It is seeing beyond them.
Not pretending darkness does not exist, but beholding the greater reality of the Light that has already come.
From His perspective: It is finished.
“(as it is written, ‘I have made you a father of many nations’) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.” Romans 4:17
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“And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, ‘I believed and therefore I spoke,’ we also believe and therefore speak.” 2 Corinthians 4:13
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“While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18
Faith is not the ability to create reality with our words. Faith is agreeing with the reality God has already established through His Word.
The language of Heaven is not denial; It is divine perspective.
So happy to be back, friends!
…more to come.
It was wonderful to find this, and you, in my inbox! This is such a powerful truth, and one I've been writing on in my upcoming book. Just like we need to be able to see with Kingdom perspective, we also can't fight an enemy we can't see. This picture of faith is such a beautiful revelation. Thank you.
It truly is of what reality a Christian chooses to live. We can choose God’s perspective of what He says of the matters and issues of our life or what everyone else says or thinks. I’ll choose God and the Lord Jesus Christ every moment of every day.