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... divine agape
love, out of which flows joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, the essential ingredients of
Kingdom hearts. 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 one’s 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 embodies the recognition
that we are the temple of God, indwelt by His Holy Spirit, and that we are in
Christ and Christ is in God... we are in God and God is in us! Walking worthy
means we are thankful for we are sons and daughters of the living God who have
been delivered from the powers of darkness, made partakers of God’s inheritance,
translated into the Kingdom of His dear Son, and seated at the right hand of
God – In Christ – in the heavenlies. Notice these are all past tense: We have
been adopted into God’s family, redeemed from the chains of enslavement to the
Law of sin and death, given full rights of divine Sonship, and transported into
the Kingdom of the Son of His love.
Saints, we desperately need to know who we are, what we are, and where
we are... In Christ! 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 Divine Discipline... A Habit of Choice. Kingdom people are
simply captivated by Jesus... People of One Thing!
MORE OF A DANCE THAN A WALK
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