ONLY BELIEVE – Ron McGatlin
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
Father God, we come to You in deep sincerity with our whole hearts, asking You to help us quiet our minds and spirits to clearly hear, meditate, and focus intently on the depth and reality of what You are saying in our hearts and lives today. We choose in this moment to lay aside the cares of this life to intently commune with You and listen with open ears to hear and open eyes to see what You are saying in this moment. Thank You for Your life-changing love and powerful peace. Amen.
A SMALL SPARK
The smallest spark of fire can grow into a massive forest fire that turns cities into ashes. Without the first small spark, there can be no fires of destruction.
Without the first small spark of a thought, word, idea, or vision, there can be no great heavenly structures in life on earth. And without the wind of the Spirit, the small spark will not grow and become a full-grown reality.
Like a small spark, a thought can become a growing idea that becomes a vision that can become a massive wave or structure that changes the landscape of the world.
A vision can be expressed in spoken or written words that create a living picture of the vision. When a thought, idea, or vision is written or spoken it has entered the world as a seed. Selah. (Matthew 13:18-23).
Every good thought, idea, or vision comes from Spirit God to the spirit, heart, and mind of a living human being. Only man has the spiritual ears to hear and the authority to speak the thought, word, idea, or vision into the world. (James 1:17).
The power of God, including holy angels and every part of creation, then begins bringing things together to create or manifest the vision into the natural reality of the physical world. (Romans 8:28) .
Every word from God is from love and wisdom and is good for man and the world.
All the power that created mankind and all creation is available to complete the fullness or completion of every word from God. There is no vision from God that is too difficult or miraculous for Him to perform. (Matthew 19:26).
God is the power, strength, and wisdom to change the entire world and beyond, beginning in a human heart, mind, and spirit.
As the living word, thought, idea, or vision from God is received and BELIEVED, it can then be shared with others who hear and believe, and powerful agreement is formed on earth.
OUR PART IS TO BELIEVE!
It is like a man sitting on top of a huge earth-moving machine that is so large and powerful that the man looks tiny and insignificant seated high on the huge machine. However, the tiny valves, levers, and buttons turn on the powerful machine to move a mountain of earth and rock.
The spiritual power and wisdom of Almighty God are beyond our human minds to encompass or understand. Nothing in our natural being would cause us to believe that the words we speak could cause the mountain of earth and rock to be moved. Our natural minds will not believe that we are the chosen vehicle of Christ on earth to release the massive power of God to transform this world into “as it is in heaven.”
BECOMING A NEW CREATION
To be able to consider the ultimate power and wisdom of God and His plans for Planet Earth, and the vastness of all that is in this world, along with all creation of suns, stars, planets, universes, and beyond, we must lose our mind and life and receive the mind and life of Christ Jesus. (Matthew 16:25) (1 Corinthians 2:16).
We must be freed from our personal desires, needs, and earthly or religious prejudices to be open to receiving a new mind and life. We must truly become a new creation. (2 Corinthians 5:17).
THE LAST TRUMPET
There is a reality for some to hear the last trumpet blast and be transformed in the twinkling of an eye as their once mortal being truly puts on immortality, the life of Christ.
Could the last trumpet be the last building block of the revelation and restoration of mankind to as he is in heaven while on earth or like he was in the Garden of Eden? It is possible that the last trumpet is not the end of the world or the end of time but the last revelation of the finishing work of God to fully redeem and restore mankind and the world to as it is in heaven? Selah. (I Corinthians 15:51-54).
KINGDOM FAITH NOW
Many Christians have faith for healing and for the provision of personal needs like food, shelter, clothing, a job, education, and personal desires.
Our prayers are often about our needs and the needs of family members or friends.
Our faith is often about our own salvation or our family and friends’ salvation so we can all make it to heaven when we die. If you really think about it, our religion is often about ME and MINE. MY self, MY family, and MY friends.
Yes, I know these things are vital to this life, but God also knows.
THE GREATER CONTAINS THE LESSER
We have the “cart before the horse” in this situation. If we get the horse back in front, the cart will be moved along very well. We do need to be sure to hook the horse to the cart once it is in front where it belongs.
The horse in this illustration represents the power source of God to move forward into His plan, His Kingdom and His righteousness on Earth as it is in heaven. The cart is our lives seeking first the kingdom of God on earth and all the things of this life being added to us by God.
“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:31-32.
The model prayer from Jesus also clearly sets the order of prayer and our life.
“In this manner, therefore, pray:
10 Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
11 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread…
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.”
Matthew 6:9-11.
When we are truly crucified with Christ, we live by the faith of Christ, who is our life, our first order of life is honoring God by worshiping and praising Him and seeking His kingdom first and paramount in our lives. Then he adds to us all the things of this life including health and wellbeing in all things.
When we truly seek Him and His kingdom as the primary focus and work of our lives, we never work and strive to get the things we want and need for this life.
However, do we REALLY KNOW WHAT SEEKING FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD MEANS?
SEEKING KINGDOM
Seeking is a specific action or activity. Our seeking is not waiting for it to come to us or for God to do something more. Seeking FIRST establishes an ultimate priority in the activity of seeking kingdom above all other seeking. Seeking is our own personal responsibility.
Where do we look for the kingdom that we are seeking? Jesus said, in Luke 17:20-21, “…. He answered them and said, ‘The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21 nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.’”
Our redeemed and restored life as sons and daughters of the living God includes Christ by the Spirit of God and His kingdom dwelling within us. When we BELIEVE the awesome truth of the real gospel of the kingdom, our hearts’ eyes and ears are opened to see and hear the truth of the kingdom of love it is revealed and released from within us.
The written word of God becomes alive and speaks clearly the reality of the glorious kingdom of God being formed now on earth in and through His chosen people across the world.
Spirit Christ the King is alive in our mortal bodies on earth, creating His way, His order on earth as it is in heaven.
God’s kingdom order on earth brings everything in balance together. Each part or portion supplies its part to the whole.
IDLE WORDS, THOUGHTS, IDEAS, AND VISIONS
However, there is one area of His words, thoughts, ideas, and visions that God cannot perform on Earth for mankind. That is, the things we do not or will not believe.
There are some things that God will never do on earth. He cannot break His word. He cannot lie. He will not take back the word of dominion given to mankind on earth.
That which we believe and speak into the world does have a direct effect on the world to some degree whether good or bad, light or darkness.
An idle or useless word, thought, idea, or vision is any that is not from God or in line with His truth, plan, or purpose on earth.
Jesus, speaking to the very religious Pharisees, said in Matthew 12:36-37, “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Religion may contain many idle words. The Pharisees and many since their time have deeply studied the scriptures but, without love and the Holy Spirit’s revelation, derived idle words, thoughts, ideas, and religious systems that are mixtures at best.
“You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.” Matthew 17:16-18.
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33.
Ron McGatlin
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