The Holy Spirit has really been harping on and teaching me a lot about who I am and the authority WE have as children of the King. Romans 14:17 says, “The kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy.” The kingdom IS this! It is not conditional to circumstance. The kingdom of God is ALWAYS righteousness, peace, and joy. Ephesians 2:6 says, “For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.” If you are a child of God, if you’ve been brought from death to life, then you are seated with him. Therefore, the same authority that is given to Jesus is given to us because “God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ.” (Eph. 1:5) We’re in the family. We have access to all that is our Father’s, thus all authority over the spirit and earthly realm. So, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we SHOULD live from where we have been seated.
Our righteousness should not be conditional/shakeable, our love, our joy, our peace. The source has all authority. It’s unshakable! “The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you!!!” (Rom. 8:11) My prayer is that we come to realize our rightful place in God, the identity in not which we label ourselves or the world labels us with but the one our Father has given us…His masterpiece, more than conquerors, burning with love for our first Love! I pray that as you read this the Holy Spirit would impart wisdom and understanding as only he can give, and that your righteousness, peace, and joy are unshakable, immune to circumstance. I pray that your love for the Father would grow with each passing day, and that not a day would go by without encountering Him in powerful ways. Amen.
Examples I cannot shake: Mark 4:35-41; Acts 16:16-28. Live from where you were seated and watch God do incredible things on your behalf!
–Joel Reid
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