Kingdom people are admonished to walk worthy of the call into God’s Kingdom. Walking worthy requires a living sacrifice... submission to the rejuvenating work of the Holy Spirit to bring out the character and nature of Christ in us, producing the fruit of His Spirit in our everyday lives: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control... the essential ingredients of Kingdom life. Walking worthy is to so partake of Christ’s nature that we become humble, mournful, meek, and merciful, peacemakers with a pure heart who hunger and thirst for righteousness... Sons of God willing to suffer for righteousness’ sake. We are “counted worthy” of God’s Kingdom when we manifest the evidence of His righteous judgment - His equitable adjudication - by demonstrating patience and unswerving faith during trials, tests and adversity... the difficult pressures of earth-life. Walking worthy means we are fellow workers, constantly fruitful, producing righteous fruit for the Kingdom. Walking worthy means giving all diligence to add to ones faith virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness and love, for if we do these things we will be fruitful in the knowledge of God and never stumble. Walking worthy means to abide in the Holy of Holies, in the shadow of His wings, seeking the Face of God over all earthly treasure... drawn to His presence like metal to a magnet... living in the revitalizing presence of God. Walking worthy means commitment to diligent, continual study of God’s word, becoming self-feeders capable of rightly interpreting scripture and discerning truth, and thereby ever increasing in faith and the knowledge of God. Walking worthy means a life of ceaseless prayer and supplication... continually talking to Daddy. Walking worthy is a life of worship... more of a dance than a walk... strengthened by the joy of the Lord. Walking worthy means we are thankful, for we have been made partakers of God’s inheritance, delivered from the powers of darkness, and translated into the Kingdom of His dear Son. Notice these are all past tense: We have been made to share in God’s Kingdom, drawn to Him and rescued from the tyrannical rule of the enemy, and transported into the Kingdom of the Son of His love. Walking worthy means a life of Love, Obedience, Passion and Sacrifice... putting a twinkle in Daddy’s eyes. Walking worthy is a lifestyle of ordered behavior pleasing to God in everything... A habit of choice... A Divine Discipline... Kingdom people are simply captivated by Jesus... People of One Thing!
MORE OF A DANCE THAN A WALK
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