“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,”
God has curated a place and a time on earth for each one of us to engage with Him wherever we are and to make His reality known.
To release His kingdom by grounding it on earth.
The mandate is for us to love the world and others in it as He does. Increasingly we realise we weep for things and those we love. As we encounter that we realise a little of His heart and are replicating it.
We are increasingly aware of how He has been and is, dismantling us to reform us as in the vision shown to Jeremiah.
“And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.”
Personally, collectively our morality, responsibility, freedom and wholeness have been tainted and lost and need rebuilding and constructing.
We are created in the order of time, space and matter just as ordered in creation. We align with what God is setting up in the world so that we have the framework to take dominion over what we are given.
We are to bloom where we have been planted that what started as dust comes to glory. We must love what we are and what we have to hold and in that God releases His influence over it.
We need a new passionate engagement with our place of influence and the people in it. There needs to be a connection to anchor the head to the body.
Connect heaven on earth and what God is building on the ground. He has curated the space for the encounter.
God inhabits places, the garden, the tabernacle, the temple.
We are now His temple. We have to steward His presence well for the kingdom of God to manifest here on earth. ‘Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.’
Priests are those who steward God’s place and speak His words and facilitate people to encounter Him. We are all God’s priesthood.
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.”
When we find the rhythm of prayer and worship to bring His presence to push into, it will invite others to do likewise.
The rule of God alone being established will bring power across the region and the realisation that there is no separation between heaven and earth.
Between temporal and spiritual. Between mind , spirit and soul. Between each other. Between us and God. Between the Trinity.
Then will we truly shift. Take ownership, occupation, possession. Rediscover our collective responsibility.
The journey has always been from garden to wilderness, from wilderness to promised land, from promised land to true ownership and occupation as coheirs in the presence again.
The illustration shows the world with us loving it and others as He does and revealing Christ and His kingdom in it. Emanating Light that pushes back the darkness.
Three Scriptures that come to mind:
“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,”. Acts 17:26 ESV
“And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.” Jeremiah 18:4 ESV
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.” 1 Peter 2:9 ESV
The song Every Breath. Hillsong
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