YOU HAVE COME INTO THE KINGDOM

Gloria Phifer

I said to The Lord a couple of days ago that I want to live in a world without any hurt or pain. I also repeated this to him yesterday.

He reminded me that we are in this world facing and fighting sin and death. Not in our strength but in His Power and what He paid for at the cross.

Have you ever wondered or thought about...I was born in this generation. In this time of History. In a certain country. into a certain family.

I also told the Lord I would like to have been born in a family that really wanted  me. A stable home. A Christian home. I would have liked to live in one town and gone to one school system. 

The Lord reminded me of all the Power of God I have seen. I have experienced salvation, deliverance from fear. I have seen the captives of addiction set free. I have seen my family come to know Jesus. I know, because I have seen with my own eyes, that captives are set free through Christ Jesus.

I don't know where I would be if it had not been for The Lord. He brought me to revelation of Jesus as my Savior. He delivered me from fear. He gave me a family of my own. He gave me a wonderful relationship with Him.

Yes, the world is dark but The Kingdom of God is Light. When we know Jesus Christ we are lights in this world. We are ambassadors for Christ. We have the message of reconciliation. 

I was thinking of Queen Esther. She was rounded up with all the beauties of the land. She was snatched from her normal life and brought into a very dysfunctional environment. Her worst enemy of the Jews, while drinking with the king, made an edict to destroy the people of Israel. The King did not know Esther, who he had taken as his Queen, was Jewish. Esther, in this darkness of danger, had come to The Kingdom for such a time as this. She exposed Haman, the enemy, and saved her people from destruction.

What is our calling in this generation...at this time of history? 
The Lord has equipped us with authority and dominion. He has given us the keys of The Kingdom.  whatever we bind on earth is bond in Heaven and whatever we lose on earth is loosed in Heaven. You may wonder how that works. we can bind the enemy in his tactics through the blood, Name and authority of Jesus Christ. We can loose The Kingdom of God...which is righteousness, peace and joy. 

We have been given the ministry of reconciliation.  We are ambassadors for Christ in this world. we are lights in The Lord. We are the fragrance of Christ. When you enter a room or situation you bring Christ with you. 

Yes, we have been  born in and called to The Kingdom of God for such a time as this. remember who you are In Christ. The weapons and armor are found in Ephesians 6. You are a Warrior for The lord.