The Key to the Kingdom

17 Jan 2009
11:15 am

Past few days, I'd read a very profound and insightful article from the renowned leader, Rick Joyner from Morning Star Ministry.
I would like to take this opportunity to share with you all.

From the article, the key thing is about the PEACE OF GOD.
From Hebrew 12 and other verses, we 'd been told that for everything in this world that can be shaken will be shaken, but we have been given the kingdom that cannot be shaken.

Yes, it is the Kingdom Of God.

The primary way for us to build our lives on this kingdom is to use the key of the kingdom in every major decision in our lives.

Now, what is the key of the kingdom?

The key that God revealed to us is on Matthew 6:31-33:

“31Do not be anxious then, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘With what shall we clothe ourselves?’ “32For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. “33But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.”

With here we are very clear that the key to the kingdom is refuse anxiety.
Anxiety mean we are lack of faith to God; that there is something is greater than God; that there is something that God cannot do.
It is the sin of unbelief.

But the truth is, God is the ultimate answer to every human problem.

Reject anxiety!!

We must trust Him, and anxiety is evidence that we do not trust Him.

Reject anxiety!!

We repent of sin by confessing it and then turning away from it. Determine that your response to a problem will not be to feel anxious, but to see it as a wonderful opportunity to grow in our faith in Him.

We read in I Peter 1:6-9:

In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.

To be tempted is not sin.
We can all be tempted to doubt and to be anxious, but the quicker we recognize it and turn away from it, turning our attention instead to God, the more we will learn to walk in the peace of God.

This is my favored passage from Rick Joyner.

"Walking in the peace of God is basic to a victorious life, as we are told in Romans 16:20: “And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” Notice that he did not say that the “Lord of hosts,” which means the “Lord of armies” would crush Satan, but the God of peace would. It is the peace of God that is an impregnable fortress. The peace of God is the linchpin fruit of the Spirit, which if we lose it, all of the other fruits of the Spirit will also be lost. Think about it: If you lose your peace, you will quickly lose your patience and faith—then it is hard to love…. We must guard our peace. "

It is true that the peace of God that we should seek for all the times.
Especially in this very critical time of financial crisis.
We will look for a lot of method to change the situation, we will tend to change the way we doing things in the past.

But the key point is that we must change the way we think instead of the reverse way.

And to change the way we think, we must engage to the realm of the Peace of God.
Like the Bible said,

“And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.”

My sharing will end here, but there is lot more experience and feeling that I encounter with the Lord after I read this articles.

2 days after I'd read this article, during a prayer meeting with my mentor, my beloved spiritual father, Titus, the Holy Spirit fill me and consuming me totally till I cannot withhold and keep on weeping and have had a deep emotion feeling regarding the Peace of God.

I will share more regarding the Peace of God that I had experience in the coming post.

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For those who interested on the original article from Rick Joyner,
please check here.