Topic: Making Him Real By Living Real In Him/ 6b | |
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When the workplace becomes a ministry field, the weariness is broken.
When a job is seen as a seed or training place for Kingdom advancement, a whole new perspective on life emerges. Labor is part of the curse that came through the fall of Adam. (Genesis 3:17, 19) "in toil you shall eat" "by the sweat of your face you will have bread to eat" Labor toil is a curse. Sweat soaked physical labor was not the intent of God. Man was not created to work for a living. Man was empowered to rule over earth and cause it to work for him. Isaiah 61:5-7 (NAS) Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks, And foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers. v6 But you will be called the priest of the Lord; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God, You will eat the wealth of nations, And in their riches you will boast. v7 Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they shout for joy over their portion Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs. Not only are people outside your covenant, called of God to work your business for you, but; Isaiah 60:9 (NAS) "Surely the coastlands will wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of the LORD your God, And for the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you. He has designed blessings to overtake you. The wealth of your enemies coming to you. You are to be so blessed that "even your enemies beholding, will know that it is the hand of the Lord upon you". Isaiah 60:5 (NAS) "Then you will see and be radiant, And your heart will thrill and rejoice; Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you. Wealth transfer to the Body of Christ, in a manifestation greater than, the bankrupting of Egypt. Isaiah 60:8-14 (NAS) "Who are these who fly like a cloud And like the doves to their lattices? v9 Surely the coastlands will wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of the LORD your God, And for the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you. v10 Foreiners will build up your walls, And their kings will minister to you; For in My wrath I struck you, And in My favor I have had compassion on you. v11 "Your gates will be open continually; They will not be closed day or night, So that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, With their kings led in procession. v12 "For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, And the nations will be utterly ruined. v13 "The glory of Lebanon will come to you, The juniper, the box tree and the cypress together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary; And I shall make the place of My feet glorious. v14 "The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you, And all those who despised you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet; And they will call you the city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. This promise must be fulfilled. Before the end comes, a whole lot of shakin' will be goin' on. When the shaking ends, what the lost had will be in the hands of the redeemed. Not by work, but through Covenant fulfillment. Kingdom enterprise is different from business the world's way, Kingdom enterprise is business guided by Spirit of God leadership, inspiration and initiative. Kingdom enterprise, done under God, will always produce a bumper crop. Kingdom enterprise regains the wealth of the earth that, for a season, was lost to God and His people. Joshua gives a look at God's pattern for success: Joshua 1:8 (AMP) This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success. Other peoples, outside the New Covenant of provision are to labor for the children of God. Inheritors do not work for their reward. Joint heirs have equal right to withdraw from the family account. People outside our Covenant are called to serve us. The ruling class is not called to labor. Those outside the royal family are. Labor is a sorrow and a travail. But, the Blessings of the Lord, make rich and add no sorrow with it. History records one broke King. "He became poor that we might become rich." Whether a person comes out of, physical, mental or emotional bondages as in Egypt. Or, out of the bondage of religion, tradition and vain spiritual pursuits. When the fulness of Covenant promise comes, a new realm of life and promised provision is made manifest. Hebrews 3:18 (NAS) And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? Hebrews 4:1 (NAS) Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. Not labor, toil or struggle, but, rest, in the promised provision. Hebrews 4:10 (NAS) For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. God wants His people free. Free from all physical restraints, real or imagined. Hands that hang down from the weariness of labor, seldom stretch up in praise to God, or out to confer blessings on others. |
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