Sunday, March 8, 2015

Maturity Leading to Corporate Unity

This week, I have been considering two amazing crossing that the no-longer-enslaved nation of Israel made so long ago. They stood before the depths of the Red Sea with an enemy pursing them. They had no great faith of their own, so it was Moses that God used to divide the sea. When that process was complete, they walked across on dry ground. Their enemy was caught in the released waves and was no longer a threat to them.

As they progressed in their journey, God revealed his heart that they would all be priests to serve him in his presence. Sadly, they did not come into agreement with the very heart of God. Then when the time came to occupy their new land which had been prepared by God, they did not have his mind. Their hearts melted in fear and most of them died in that barren land.

When a new generation came of age, they followed Joshua’s leadership into the place that God had planned for their parents to have. This time, there was a difference. The priests walked together and carried the manifest presence of God. As their feet stepped into the Jordan River, God caused the river to stop flowing. The priests stood their ground on that dry ground until all the people had crossed.

There is a maturity that is not God’s best if it does not develop further. It is the maturity of the gifted leader that who represents an intermediate to God and who enters into the presence of God on behalf of other believers who look up to him or her. There is a greater maturity that this that is meant to develop. This type of maturity is described in Ephesians 4. Those called to the fivefold ministry are to work with Heaven’s empowerment to bring us into unity and into a maturity that is marked by an all-encompassing love.

To say that we come into corporate agreement with the manifest presence of God, we are touching on something more powerful than simply having our needs meet or of having a precious encounter with God. We are doing what Israel did when they crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan. They were declaring that they would occupy the place in life that God prepared ahead of time for them to possess!

Paul put forth in the Book of Ephesians that we were created in Christ Jesus for good works which prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. The Book of Revelation tells us that we are kings and priests in the service of Jesus Christ and of God the Father.

Rise up, Church of God! Come forth people of God! You are intended to come into a maturity that leads to corporate unity and Kingdom occupation. Shake off the lies that the world and even the religious system told you about your identity. Enter into the presence of God by the Blood of Jesus. Let God ruin you for this world’s system. Let him declare to you who you are in the same way that God notified Gideon of who he was. It is your destiny as the Bride of Jesus Christ to occupy your place in the spirit realm and to bring Heaven to Earth.

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