Saturday, October 1, 2011

Keys of the kingdom of Heaven

Keys of the kingdom of Heaven
Timrufus

The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. -John 3:35

Have you ever come across someone who would give away an empire he has painstakingly built up into the hands of another man? Yet the bible tells us, the heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man. (Psalm 115:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Praise God today that we can count on the Name of Jesus because The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands so that whatever we bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever we loose on earth will be loosed in heaven, in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

There is no a religion in the world to witness such great spiritual power given to the sons of men where demons fled at the name of Jesus and a people whose God is The LORD and all glory and power in the Name of God alone and alone. But now with this power on hand, one may be led to think, “Can we also use these keys to release material wealth into our life as well?” True as it is, God is great and much as He longs to be gracious to us and to release His blessings on each and every of his children, the bunch of keys here is certainly not keys for us to help ourselves to the numerous count of goldbars found in His House as in a gold vault but rather what is our new identity in Christ through the Name of God.

What is the Kingdom of heaven like? Jesus likens the Kingdom of heaven to treasure in a field where one man found it and instead of keeping it to himself, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field, and another merchant who had gone in search of fine pearls. Then finding one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. But how can one’s joy be found complete unless he put his hand to the plow and with that same matter of heart into the field he had found - The Kingdom of God?

Now this joy is very much the same as that of John the Baptist who said, “That joy is mine, and it is now complete.” But God had given to us these keys to the kingdom of heaven so that the chains of injustice may be loosed and the cords of the yoke may be untied, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost since the creation of the world and the Kingdom of God is among us. But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

Verse for Meditation: Matthew 16: 17-19

Mighty and Righteous Ruler of the earth, nothing in all creation is hidden from your sight and everything is laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account. We thank you Lord for these keys of the kingdom of Heaven you have placed in our hands, to loose the chain of injustice, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and to break every yoke. With this new bunch of keys you now place in our hands, teach us O'LORD the hallmarks of what a true stewardship should be. All glory and honor and power belongs to you and you alone. In Jesus most holy Name. Amen.