HEAVEN NOW CHAPTER 3 – Ron McGatlin
AWAKENING TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD’S LOVE
In the season of this writing, there exists a great detriment and imbalance in the application of spiritual abilities to use provisions of God and heaven to create and rule in the natural or physical world.
The religious church has boxed itself in from applying the wisdom and power of God and heaven in natural or physical life in the world.
The imbalanced focus on applying spiritual effort to get people saved to go to heaven when they die, and ignoring the vast opportunity and calling to prepare people to focus on the magnificent wisdom and power of God to bring forth the kingdom of heaven on earth as it is in heaven, has left the governance of the world to the enemy.
By default, it has been left to godless humanistic people to control and develop the vast and powerful understanding of the knowledge of all science, medical, mental, psychological, mind crafting, education, governance, communication, and every field of rule in the world. This allows the enemy to manipulate and corrupt mankind and all the nations of the world.
PRAISE GOD! AWAKENING IS HERE NOW!
For the first time since the first century, when the disciples of Christ were empowered at Pentecost and proclaimed the Gospel of the Kingdom to the world, there is widespread ignition of the fire of the reality of the Love rule of God in many hearts of mankind, consuming our lives. We are literally crucified through consummation of God’s LOVE.
Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
We no longer live as fallen mankind, but as the supernatural Christ of the resurrection. Spirit Christ in us is the reality of attaining the resurrection life now to bring forth God’s kingdom and His will being done on earth as it is in heaven. “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10.
Read all of Philippians chapter 3. Paul speaks of losing his former religious life to attain the resurrection life of Christ now in this life.
Philippians 3:7-8,10-11, “But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowing of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ. – 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection….
As the manifestation of God’s Love is propagated on earth, the Glory of God is demonstrated to all creation at a magnitude we cannot even perceive. Our ultimate purpose involves the GLORY OF GOD demonstrated to all creation.
GOD’S PURPOSE FOR BUSINESS, JOB, OR MINISTRY
In the kingdom of God on earth, God’s purpose for ministry and business or job is the same. His purpose is to care for and provide for the needs of mankind and the world through our job, business, or ministry.
As His created Spirit Sons in earthly bodies, we are to oversee or take care of all created life and the world according to His purposes, plans, and instructions. We serve God by worshiping Him and by serving His people and His world. The only difference in ministry and business is the nature of the service we provide.
Business typically provides for natural or physical needs such as food, shelter, and clothing, while ministry tends to address spiritual, emotional, and relational needs. However, there is much overlap, as ministry also involves meeting natural needs, and business often engages in ministry and various aspects of life. Even the family is involved in business by managing finances and needs.
The spiritual realm is greater and is involved in all aspects of managing or governing life on Earth. The kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God, is the highest form of governance over all creation. Only that which is of God will remain on Earth in the fullness of the manifested kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.
In the kingdom of heaven on Earth, God’s governance is the spiritual headship of all life management. Christ Jesus Savior and Lord is the one true King of this world and all creation.
GOD/LOVE MOTIVATES ORDERS EMPOWERS GLORIFIES
By the relationship of communing with God, the love of Spirit God fills our being like a good meal fills our natural bodies, strengthening us from within. Peace and joy open our hearts to hearing the perfect plans from God to bring forth God’s provision of heavenly life now in this world.
Our eyes are opened to see the inner needs of suffering people, and wisdom flows to guide us in our part in meeting the needs, bringing a glorified life of wholeness to God’s people by releasing the power of God to heal and empower.
In seeing the needs and hearing our part, we become as sons of God who serve. Many believers in the past were faithful servants, but did not commune in love with God. They sought to obey the written word of God without knowing the details of what God was doing in each situation. A son differs from a servant in that a son knows what the father is doing in the specific situation. God’s specific directions do not contradict His written word but provide more detail and empowerment for the specific need.
God can implant a vision or idea in you for an international project and give you insight and instructions, one step at a time, to bring the larger work into the world. Or God could be enlisting you to be one of many working on a part of a big project. In which case, God can give you vision and creative ideas for that portion or part of the greater vision.
All things are possible to us as sons of God. Nothing is too big or impossible for God. He will select those who are faithful and do well on smaller things to bring about much greater things.
The Parable of the Talents, Matthew 25:14-26. And in the Parable of the Midas, Luke 19:11-27. Jesus reveals very valuable wisdom about serving God in business. In both parables, the master gives to his servants to manage or do business with for him until he returns. In both cases, he rewarded each according to how much he had gained and dealt harshly with the one who disrespected him, hid the money away, and returned it to him.
God has given all His servants a portion or part of this world to manage for Him. As we employ that in providing for His purposes of meeting needs and caring for His people and His world, the universal law of sowing and reaping causes us to gain more to use for His purposes.
In other words, God was not rewarding greed to gain more by the masters and their servants. He was rewarding them because they had put their gift to work helping meet the needs of people and the world.
Love causes us to serve by desire, and increase is a reciprocal result. Our gift and part is not hard to find in communion with God. In love communion with God, our hearts are purified. Our part is the desire of our purified heart. It is planted by God. It is really the deepest desire of our hearts.
We can literally love our work. It is no longer hard and frustrating as God works with and through us to fulfill our purpose in this life now.
OVERCOMING PAST HINDRANCES TO KINGDOM LIFE
Jesus spoke parables of wisdom about hindrances to growing the kingdom seed in our hearts. MORE ON THIS NEXT WEEK.
Ron McGatlin
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