Transitioning to Kingdom Worship - Part II
Today I shared with the worship team, God's definition of worship. You know it's obvious and we've been taught for years that worship is about our sincere devotion towards the Lord, which is 100% correct, but why is it so hard to maintain in that position and keep the worship team in the glory and presence. I believe in the day and age we're living in, worship is in transition from the church age to Kingdom age. When it's Kingdom age, everything is about the King!! What Kingdom age is all about is the expression of the King's desire and being totally fulfilled as Heaven as in the earth. We will see the essence of the King upon the earth. Let me explain this in this way:
So we not just worship the king, but we get to be filled by the King and have the king rule over our hearts and mind (King's-dominion). And what that requires in the Kingdom Age of all Chrsitians, is this -- we need to begin to see the Jesus in people, we need to see Christ in each face. Then when we honor the Jesus in each other, we behold with dimness of His glory and we are transformed into His image, is no longer just gazing Jesus, but the Jesus in each other. This is the exact desire of the Father wanting to be fulfilled in us!! (John17) That's why Paul in Ephesians brought up these verses:
18 the eyes of your understanding[c] being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, (eph1:18)
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Eph 3:17-19)
You see, we want the fullness of God! We want the power and authority, we want the presence and His revelation, yet we forsake the very thing that God points us to - They are in the saints! They are in the Body! The unity of the body! You will never be filled with the fullness of His presence in worship, if you don't start becoming family with your team. It is impossible. The inheritance are in the saints! This is how God ordained it. And it's cool in the church age we have a few leaders and spiritual giants here and there, they can be extraordinary and powerful, but by no means fulfill the fullness. Now in the Kingdom Age, God will truly be King over His people, which means every person will be governed by the King Himself, equal access! And Every man and woman will be ruled in such a way the reflect God's glory. In other words, God wants to use the whole body to represent Him, no longer just prophetic, apostles. When this happened, the the very desired of the Father which is for the family to be one, and in that oneness shall be fulfilled. He can finally manifest FULLY within His resting place - His body!! You see, this is how unity and family is part of worship. It is such a mystery, yet this is so glorious and important. It's time to change our mindset and walk in love today. We will truly experience a new dimension of His glory and the fullness of His joy and presence.
In this day and age, we must love one another and knowing that that in itself is worship. You are worshipping God when you love each other. And if you don't love, you are blinded, you are not walking in the light. You missed out the inheritance, and you will not understand the fullness of the Spirit and the love of Christ. We must shift the slavery and ministry focus to Kingdom focus and loving focus on each individual on your team. There is such power of love that you will experience, and without doing much, you will begin to see the Father showing up in your mist, because you have blessed His heart by loving each other. This is the very desire of God, and this is the end time weapon that God has given us. We are one as He is one. And there is nothing impossible for the church to overcome. And in oneness we will display the Kingdom and what Kingdom is really about, so a lost world will see and believe and change their citizenship to be a citizen of the Kingdom of love.
Shalom!
Alvan
So we not just worship the king, but we get to be filled by the King and have the king rule over our hearts and mind (King's-dominion). And what that requires in the Kingdom Age of all Chrsitians, is this -- we need to begin to see the Jesus in people, we need to see Christ in each face. Then when we honor the Jesus in each other, we behold with dimness of His glory and we are transformed into His image, is no longer just gazing Jesus, but the Jesus in each other. This is the exact desire of the Father wanting to be fulfilled in us!! (John17) That's why Paul in Ephesians brought up these verses:
18 the eyes of your understanding[c] being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, (eph1:18)
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Eph 3:17-19)
You see, we want the fullness of God! We want the power and authority, we want the presence and His revelation, yet we forsake the very thing that God points us to - They are in the saints! They are in the Body! The unity of the body! You will never be filled with the fullness of His presence in worship, if you don't start becoming family with your team. It is impossible. The inheritance are in the saints! This is how God ordained it. And it's cool in the church age we have a few leaders and spiritual giants here and there, they can be extraordinary and powerful, but by no means fulfill the fullness. Now in the Kingdom Age, God will truly be King over His people, which means every person will be governed by the King Himself, equal access! And Every man and woman will be ruled in such a way the reflect God's glory. In other words, God wants to use the whole body to represent Him, no longer just prophetic, apostles. When this happened, the the very desired of the Father which is for the family to be one, and in that oneness shall be fulfilled. He can finally manifest FULLY within His resting place - His body!! You see, this is how unity and family is part of worship. It is such a mystery, yet this is so glorious and important. It's time to change our mindset and walk in love today. We will truly experience a new dimension of His glory and the fullness of His joy and presence.
In this day and age, we must love one another and knowing that that in itself is worship. You are worshipping God when you love each other. And if you don't love, you are blinded, you are not walking in the light. You missed out the inheritance, and you will not understand the fullness of the Spirit and the love of Christ. We must shift the slavery and ministry focus to Kingdom focus and loving focus on each individual on your team. There is such power of love that you will experience, and without doing much, you will begin to see the Father showing up in your mist, because you have blessed His heart by loving each other. This is the very desire of God, and this is the end time weapon that God has given us. We are one as He is one. And there is nothing impossible for the church to overcome. And in oneness we will display the Kingdom and what Kingdom is really about, so a lost world will see and believe and change their citizenship to be a citizen of the Kingdom of love.
Shalom!
Alvan
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