The Kingdom Waltz

That we would have eyes to see and ears to hear and a heart that comprehends.......

For your ways are not my ways ... my ways are higher than

The Kingdom of God is not some American corporation with the proverbial "ladder" that we must climb in order to reach some fantastic goal..... but all too often ministries and individuals succumb to that notion and apply an earthly world view to the dynamics of ministry and Kingdom life.

There are many areas where we plainly get it wrong..... and the church world grabs a hold of some new principal and hails it as the next best thing to advance individuals in their spiritual climbs..... I think it is the temptation of humanity to grab a hold of some "new" idea that will propel them into a greater more anointed walk with the Lord. But neither those lessons nor those temptations are new.

I want to see my Father's Kingdom come and His will be done here on Earth as it is in Heaven..... I want to see His heart manifested upon the Earth and His rule expand across the vast waves of humanity. I want to see the eyes of those that live in darkness opened to His glorious light... There is a day coming that is written in stone. There will be a wedding. There will be a bride.... A bride whose eyes are solely fixed upon Him..... whose identity is solid and affections are true......

How do we get there? How do we become who we need to be? The truth as it is and not as we would make it out to be is what will set us free........ and there are no short cuts... no new ideas.... but an ancient one whose strength and power has stood strong through the centuries..... one that if we were to only lay a hold of we would be the very ones we were created to be.........

If we day in and day out... beginning our day... living our day... ending our day... loving the Lord with all our heart..... and each other we would advance our Father's purposes on Earth much more rapidly than any other "new" five step plan....


Mark 12

The Great Commandment

28(AV) And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?" 29Jesus answered, "The most important is,(AW) 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God,(AX) the Lord is one. 30And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31(AY) The second is this:(AZ) 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment(BA) greater than these." 32And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that(BB) he is one, and(BC) there is no other besides him. 33And to love him with all the heart and with all(BD) the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself,(BE) is much more than all(BF) whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 34And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God."(BG) And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.

Two things stick out to me here... Jesus saying you are not far from the kingdom of God and then that no one dared to ask him any more questions..... the truth is the truth.... it silences those that would argue....or at least it should....

I was blown away... ecstatic upon finding a specific blog written by a ministry consultant... very earnest and to the point he eloquently without pulling any punches speaks the truth..... In response to one entry he replies:

Your comment, “he has given me a book with thirty ways that we can reach people on every level and we can all become a tool for reaching souls while helping someone in our everyday lives and helping people while giving a taste of the gospel.” is completely unbiblical.
We are not to find ways to reach people. It is by the preaching of the Cross and this alone that reaches people. All other ways are strategies, as good intentioned as they are, they fail to align itself with the will of God.

1 Corinthians 1:18:
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

It has often truly bothered me to read about some brilliant new five step plan... or five year plan... or eight ways to become more productive........ What five year plan would reproduce the falling of the walls of Jericho, the feeding of the 5000, the parting of the Red Sea...... It is by knowing God and following him daily that we learn His ways....... At times I wonder if these well meaning strategies are more like the golden calf... an idol we can hold onto and adhere to and touch and see removing the need to trust and follow after God.........