The Kingdom of God is the heavenly sphere of life where God’s word and Spirit govern, the place where God rules the hearts and lives of His children, and releases them to foreordained righteous works endued with His power. We know “The Kingdom of God … is righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 14:17), but there is more. The organ of the Kingdom on earth is, individually, each believer, and collectively, His body the church. The energy to perform, to work out, that which God has predestined is His “dunamis”, His “power”: “For the Kingdom of God is not in word but in power” (1 Cor. 4:20) - not in logos but in dumanis. This simple, no frills, declarative statement unveils God’s planned methodologies for Kingdom dwellers. Volumes have been written about the Greek word “dunamis”, translated “power”, with origins traceable to the English words dynamo and dynamite. But, after reading far too much I am drawn to the most simple of definitions: “To Be Able.” God’s dunamis power is simply able to do Anything, Anywhere, at Anytime, instantly, To Be Able - intrinsic power! There are over 1 billion Christians in the world: God is ever present with each of them, answering their prayers, catching their tears in personalized bottles, thinking countless billions of love thoughts about each of them - just how many grains of sand are there is the earth’s oceans - guiding and directing the most minute details of their lives, while He “holds together” all that exists via the bonding of molecular elements, maintains the physical laws that govern our universe, and does a gazillion other things we can’t even fathom, in less time than we can measure with our most high-tech equipment - in fact He does it all in no time since He exists outside of time and owns time. You are traveling the interstate coming home from work and suddenly, from out of nowhere a car appears in your lane from a crossing. At 70 mph things happen fast, and you don’t even have time to brake. Sure destruction is nanoseconds away. “Jes...”you didn’t even get His full name spoken, but He heard the cry of your heart. “Jesus, help me!” In fact, He has countless billions of years to answer your prayer - He’s in eternity. He hears and He answers. Remember, when you hit your next speed bump: Dunamis -- To Be Able! Makes trusting God a whole lot easier. Mighty deeds not empty words are the tokens of God’s Kingdom.
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, JOY AND POWER
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
THE ESSENCE OF KINGDOM LIFE
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