It’s time to stop thinking like Christians and start thinking like the kings Christ called
us to be.
Are you thinking the same way today as you thought yesterday? God’s
goal is to change our thinking from revelation to revelation as He
takes us to new levels in Him. When we get revelation that propels
us to a new level, we build on that revelation. Then God pours out
more revelation.
In this hour, God is revealing purpose, identity and His Kingdom.
These really aren’t new revelations, though. Jesus preached the same
message in His day. In fact, the first message that Jesus taught
after He was baptized and anointed was “Repent, the Kingdom of
Heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17). And in Luke 16:16 Jesus declared,
“Change your thinking. The law and the prophets were until John;
since that time the Kingdom of God is preached, and every man
presses into it.”
Jesus
announced a new order. He declared a new focus. No longer was man to
strive to attain to the law and the prophets. The new objective was
to press into the Kingdom of God. That is still our objective today.
Pressing into the Kingdom, however, goes beyond being born again.
Just as someone can be a citizen of a country and fail to understand
or walk in the fullness of citizenship, so too can they be a
believer without a revelation of the dominion, authority and
government of the Kingdom.
Democracies versus kingdoms:
Most of us have a hard time grasping
the Kingdom mentality because we live in a democratic society. We
struggle with the image of our successful and prosperous democratic
nation. Our minds have difficulty accepting that a democracy is not
God’s first choice of government. God did not birth democracy. Greek
philosophers birthed the democratic form of government. Men can
debate on a subject, for example, have a majority vote of agreement,
and still violate Scripture. The legalization of abortion proves
that. Democracy only works when righteousness prevails in a nation.
So, democratic thinking (majority agreement) can hinder Kingdom
thinking. Let’s review this further.
It is no surprise that we have mixed democracy into Church
government. Yet, God never intended His will to be superseded by the
will and rule of people. "Repent!" echoes through time, and shouts
to the Church today. If we are going to set up the government of God
in the Earth, we must change our way of thinking. We must chart a
new course and change our direction.
God needs people on this Earth to represent His government. God
always begins His work with a man. When He began the human race, He
started with a man. He created a man from the dust of the earth. He
never returned to the earth again to create. When He created woman,
He created her from man, His earthen vessel, not from the Earth
itself.
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Heaven's ambassadors
Since His creation, God has looked to man to
fulfill His plan and purpose on the Earth. When God's purpose was in
jeopardy because the human race was evil, God spoke to a man, Noah,
to provide salvation. When He brought Israel out of Egypt, He chose
a man, Moses, to deliver His people. He made His covenant with a
man, Abraham, in order to get His son, Jesus, into the Earth.
Through a man, Jesus Christ, God provided for the restoration of all
things to Himself. We, as the Church, are in Christ. We are God's
man in the Earth today.
Jesus said His Kingdom was not of this world. Paul said that we are
citizens of heaven. In 2 Corinthians 5 Paul calls us "ambassadors of
Christ." Ambassadors are those chosen and sent by their government
to represent that government in another nation. As ambassadors of
Christ, we represent the Kingdom and government of God here on
Earth. As representatives of the Kingdom, we cannot think
democratically any longer.
When we grasp Kingdom thinking, we understand that we serve a King.
The will and the purpose of the king are the priority of any
kingdom. The king determines the decisions and actions in his
kingdom. Jesus is the King of kings. We must stop thinking like
Christians and start thinking like the kings Christ called us to be.
An expression of the Kingdom
When Jesus came to Earth, He did not
start a religion or a denomination. He did not even call us
Christians. Believers were first called Christians by pagans in
Antioch. Therefore, "Christian" is a religious name given to us
because we are followers of Christ, just as Buddhist is the name
referring to followers of Buddha.
Regretfully, Christianity is in serious danger of becoming a
man-centered, man-oriented gospel created by man for man - a
democracy. Unlike some of today's ministers, Jesus never preached on
healing, prosperity, success, or any of the other things that center
on man and his wellbeing. Jesus preached about the Kingdom, the
King, and the King's purpose.
Jesus demonstrated healing and prosperity as an expression of the
will and purpose of God. When Jesus needed money to pay His taxes,
He understood that He had dominion over the Earth, so He sent His
disciple to get the money from a fish's mouth. God wants us healed,
not only so we can feel good, but to enable us to fulfill His
purpose in the Earth. He wants us to prosper so we can fund His
Kingdom. He wants us to be successful in order to reflect His glory
and blessings to others.
Anointed purposes
The Church has failed to fully embrace the
supremacy of God's will and purpose. Instead, we are self-centered.
We place our welfare above the plans and the purpose of God. Without
a Kingdom mentality, we desire the "things of God" more than the
"will of God." We replace His higher purpose with our personal goal
of attaining His blessings and benefits.
Genesis 1:28 says, "God blessed them." Why did He bless them? God
blessed them to fulfill His purpose and be fruitful and multiply.
God does not bless and anoint people. He blesses and anoints
purpose. God has no reason to anoint or bless us if we are not going
to profit His purpose.
We must always put the plan and purpose of God first in our lives.
Our relationships, our businesses and our ministries are not for our
own benefit. God did not call us to be millionaires or successful
ministers. He called us to be disciples. The disciples of Jesus gave
up their dependence on their jobs and businesses and pursued the
Kingdom.
Kingdom revelations
God is raising up people He can trust with
Kingdom authority. As believers we are to establish Kingdom dominion
and culture and represent the will and purpose of the government of
God. As ambassadors of the Kingdom of God, we have everything that
we need to establish His government on the Earth.
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Once we understand that we are ambassadors of Christ, we understand
that when someone messes with us they are messing with our
government. It is not a matter of how strong we are; it is a matter
of how strong our government is. Everywhere that we go, the Kingdom
of God goes. As ambassadors of the Kingdom of God, we are
responsible for serving the cause of the Kingdom even to the point
of laying down our lives for it.
The revelations we have received in the past serve to prepare us for
the revelation of the Kingdom. We are not to abandon what we have
learned. In order to fulfill our assignment of establishing the
Kingdom, we must change the way that we think. A new way of thinking
will help us usher in God's order and fully establish His Kingdom on
the Earth as it is in heaven.
David Coker is a 1985 RHEMA graduate and the founding
apostle of Gateway Believers Fellowship in Carnesville, Ga.
He is also the founder of Breakthrough Apostolic Ministries
Network (B.A.M.). His ministry can be reached at
www.gatewaybelievers.com.
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