Friday, 22 December 2023
“For the Kingdom of GOD is not just a lot of talk; it is living by GOD’s power” 1 Corinthians 4: 20 NLT
The royal lineage is very interesting when you study it. Queen Elizabeth had four kids, yet only one was first in line for the throne (Charles). Charles has two sons, William and Harry. William is first in line, should the old man kick the bucket. He himself has three kids and amongst them, only George is next in line should Charles and Harry kick the bucket. So this means, George, sometime in his life (roughly in about 6 decades or so), will become king. Yet if he were to give royal servants an order now they would obey it without hesitation, even though he isn’t even a teenager as yet. When he gives this order, though he is still young, he knows it will be obeyed without question. He knows who he is, who his father is, and who his grandfather is. He has no doubt in his heart of the authority that his father and grandfather have.
“For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it” Matthew 8:9 NIV. The centurion understood a very important principle about authority. He himself was under someone’s authority, and he’d obey without question. At the same time, there were those under him who obeyed without question. And because he knew he was under GOD’s authority, any word or instruction given by Jesus would be obeyed without question. Hence he knew Jesus didn’t have to come to his house to physically pray for the servant, as the sickness that had befallen him, WOULD HAVE TO BOW TO JESUS’S AUTHORITY.
“I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you” Luke 10:19 NIV. Even though in the physical I might look like George, I have been given power and authority through my bloodline to command those who are under me. Those above me [GOD (Charles) and Harry(Jesus)] justify /qualify me to not only possess such power and authority but to exercise it in my life. I can command any mountain before me to move, and it will move. For as long as I’m still operating under the bloodline, I will always have this power to change and influence situations in my life and other people’s lives. In the same way, if George denounced his inheritance he wouldn’t be able to order any servant in the royal household. Our inheritance comes from the blood that was shed at Calvary. I have done nothing to belong to this bloodline, as I was born into it through GOD’s grace. I think as Christians we need to always remember who we are and Whose we are. It’s one thing knowing but it’s another thing to walk in it (something Neo also had to realize). Know that the LORD is GOD. It is He who made us, and we are His. We are His people, the sheep of His pasture” Psalm 100:3 NIV. Temet Nosce, “Know thyself”.
I can command any mountain before me to move, and it will move. For as long as I’m still operating under the bloodline, I will always have this power to change and influence situations in my life and other people’s lives
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