As I was thinking about this message, the Lord laid on my heart a prophetic
word delivered at our church several years ago titled “Kingdom Service
and Promotion.” When I look at the Church as a whole, especially those in
leadership positions, I understand why this prophetic word floated up in my spirit. I
pray that it ministers to you as it has once again ministered to me.
Kingdom Service and Promotion
My potential in Christians is beyond all comprehension. People want a structure
and order when it comes to serving Me. This is a reasonable thing to ask and desire
because there is structure and order in all I do. But the order I establish is based on
spiritual principles, not the things of the world. However, most of My children are
seeking an order which is just natural and makes sense to the mind of the world.
This is why so much of the religious structure developed by man cannot truly
enable or equip you to serve Me.
The structure and order of My calling on your life is based on the way I operate in
the spirit. Spiritual order does not always parallel the order of things you see in the
world. What you are to accomplish for Me is all relative to Kingdom purpose. This
is why you must develop a Kingdom mindset in order to truly do My will.
Man's religion has taken My church and “normalized” it according to the pattern of
worldly things. My church has been turned into a republic, into a democracy. But
the order and structure of My Kingdom is defined by its name: a Kingdom with a
King. In worldly terms, you call this a monarchy, but in reality, it is a Theocracy
wherein your King is the eternal King of the ages
Although you have an eternal will and retain the ability to choose whatever you
desire, in My Kingdom this is not so. In My Kingdom, you do not have the right to
do whatever you choose. You have the will to make such choices, but you do not
have the right. You see, when the King rules, He determines your rights. The
Kingdom cannot succeed if the citizens of the Kingdom demand the rights to
determine order and exercise their will to accomplish that order.
The plans for My Kingdom were in place from before the foundation of the world.
The establishment of My Kingdom became a reality for mankind the moment My
Son completed His work on earth. The principles of success in My Kingdom are in
operation even at this moment. These principles will never change. I love you and
honor what I gave you – the free will to choose your destiny. But operation in My
Kingdom is based solely on what I have established in the spirit.
So many of My children have followed after the pattern of the world. For in the
world people demand their rights, and demand to be treated in a certain way, and
demand the freedom to do as they please. But in My Kingdom, this does not work.
You can demand all you want, but I will not change. You can set up your own
form of churches and say they are based on My Word, but I will not change. You
can establish your own patterns of religion and call them anointed, but I will not
change. You can create your own system of teaching spiritual babies and training
them for services unto Me and call it all the pathway of truth, but I will not change.
I have said in My Word to train up a child in the way he should go and when he is
old, he will not depart from it. Do you think I would have said that if I am not
prepared to do it Myself? Do you think I would have said that and not given to you
the way in which you are to train children?
You are thinking in human terms and about human children. But I am thinking
about spiritual children. It is My responsibility to train up My children, but most of
those who are to instruct My children how to be taught of Me are doing just the
opposite. They are instructing them how to be trained and taught of man.
The Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers I use to the fullest are
those who have grown and matured in Me. They are continually taught by Me.
They are submitted fully to their King and do not allow man to rule their lives and
callings. For you see, in man's system, you must bow the knee to what he has
created and established.
Those I use to the fullest are those who do not demand their rights but seek only to
do the will of their King. They understand they are sent forth to do the work of
their King. They realize their own limitations but see the limitless potential I afford
in them, for have I not said that you can do all things through Christ, your King,
who will strengthen you with his anointing?
The order and structure of My Kingdom must be established in you, for I have said
that the Kingdom of God is within you. Spiritual maturity translates into promotion
in My Kingdom. But again, the order and structure of man which makes so much
sense to the mind of the world cannot produce this maturity and promotion.
In the church that man has created, you must “accomplish” to be promoted.
You must develop fleshly talent and ability to be promoted. You must earn your degrees
in their system to be promoted. You must have numbers and statistics to be
promoted. You must work hard and impress people to be promoted. Your potential
for success and promotion is based all on what you can do.
In my Kingdom, you must submit to be promoted. You must do those things which
will cause you to grow in My eyes, regardless of whether man notices. I do not
reward based on what you do, the way man rewards. I reward based on how much
you conform to My Son and accomplish His works through fulfilling His will.
This is why there is so much strife over praying in the spirit, private worship,
meditation and confession of My Word, and fasting. While these things are a part
of Kingdom structure and order, they make no sense to the minds of those serving
man's church.
Most Christians simply cannot fathom that such things can result in
great promotion in My Kingdom and a place of honor and reward before Me. A
person committed to these things does not get the attention of man, but will greatly
capture my attention.
Spiritual maturity produces responsibility in My Kingdom. Those who are
negligent in their responsibilities, disregard their commitments, and break their
word are not as mature in My sight as they may be in the sight of man. Conforming
to the image of My Son means conforming to the order and structure of My Word.
I told you earlier that my potential in Christians is beyond all comprehension. I
speak as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I speak as God. You have the potential to
demonstrate a Christ-like anointing. As Kingdom citizens, I desire to pour
Kingdom power through you. I desire to release Kingdom anointing in you. I
desire for you to be a reflection of your King. To do this, you must understand that
you do not have “rights,” as the world calls it, in my Kingdom. But you do have
privileges, and you do have an inheritance.
Remember what John the Baptist said, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” As
you decrease, you are less and less concerned about your “rights” and more
consumed by My life in you. You will no longer see it as an infringement of your
“rights” to yield your entire life and everything about you to me.
The world would take away. Man's church will take away. I will only cause you to
increase. But that increase will be in Me. I am not a tyrant, and I am not a dictator.
I only have your best interest in My heart and mind. My Son, your King, knows
how to govern your life with the love and mercy that led Him to the cross for you.
I tell you this night to reorder your world and way of thinking. Only submit in a
godly fashion to those Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers who
refuse to compromise My Word and Kingdom principles for the structure and
order a man's church. For these leaders will not seek to control your life but they
will earnestly seek to be helpers of your joy and lead you to My throne. These
leaders will not teach you to compromise for the kingdom of man but will demand
spiritual excellence and truth.
I am waiting to release into you the greatest level of My presence and glory you
have ever experienced. Do not try to define it. Do not try to explain it. Just apply
what you know and adhere to Kingdom principles, and you will go beyond
anything and everything your mind has ever conceived about Me.
Please stand.
