Wednesday, May 20, 2015

The kingdom that dwells in us and Gods kingdom are united in prayer.


God has created us like Himself. When we received salvation we received the implanted word of God. This implanted word is His word of creation. Everything that has ever come into existence...both physical and meta physical has been spoken by God from eternity past. God has not only created everything but He holds all things together by upholding His law. Everything that does not measure up to His law is cursed. At all times God is absolute in His judgements.

When we lower God we want to excuse corruption. When we excuse corruption we become pragmatic. We begin to accept contradictions. Contradictions create tension in our souls. The only way to relieve this tension or anger is to feel, think and act according to Gods word. God has given us His covenants in order to prove Himself, faithful, kind, long suffering, gentle,and loving. When we draw near to God we feel our hearts warmed by His promises.

We should never think there are two equal truths. If we try to hold onto two truths that are opposite that have the same relationship at the same time, we hold onto a contradiction. When we are saved we receive a totally new identity. Old things are passed away behold all things are new. Or the old way of thinking has been disarmed and the new creative way of thinking has unified our souls and our world. The fallen nature with sin and corruption is no longer our enemy. We are no longer divided but we have the remnants of the old man. To hold to two equal truths is to think in our former relationship to the law. It is to hold onto a tension that will keep us looking from ourselves in comparing ourselves to Christ. We will also talk ourselves into a lower view of ourselves by always being concerned about the corruption that has already been cursed and killed.

As well as appealing to God according to His covenants we should also hear the laws voice of death. We are all created as an individual government. We have the kingdom of God dwelling in us. In a way we need nothing to complete us. We do not even need a prayer to receive things that we ask for. When we view this world as God views it we become free. Because there is nothing that has come into the world that has not been designed by God. His will cannot be thwarted. One of the ways we view evil , corruption, sin and violence is through speaking the voice of the law. When we hear the curses of the law we become free of our pragmatism...the tendency to suffer from a narrow view of the world. We like the world to be small so we can control it. But when we hear the voice of the curse we are freed from our wanting to control our world. We begin to have an eternal perspective when we talk about power, presence and understanding. Prayer is not really our chance to get an answer but it is a gift of God to free us from our small view. When we pray according to His word we are freed from ourselves.

God will give us as much as we are free in having power over ourselves . When our interior government is unified with Gods eternal government then we are able to rule in a greater way. God will only give us what we can handle. Prayer is our aligning ourselves with Gods view of the world so that we are able to rule with more wisdom and understanding.

God was silent for 400 years when Israel was in Egypt. Do you know why He delivered Isreal? Because He heard their cries. One generation of the elect would cry out to God ..but still no answer. Then another generation would come along and cry out to God and still no answer. This went on for 5 generations! Think about this. We talk about God being silent because He doesnt answer our prayers after a few weeks..lol 400 hundred years the Israelites cried out to God..400 years

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