Purpose
The goal and purpose of salvation is to allow us access and authority to partner with the Father to help bring Jesus’ kingdom to earth. We’re not going to heaven, heaven is coming to earth.
The kingdom comes first in our hearts. Sounds elementary, but as a people who are suppose to represent Jesus, the kingdom is not in our hearts. If it was, we would be doing what Jesus did. Jesus did what He did by fellowship with the Father. He spent more time in prayer, fasting, fellowship, and aligning his heart with the Father than He did in actual ministry. Ministry was not a goal but a result of a heart condition.
Jesus also didn’t agree with the teachings of the day. In fact it was 100% opposite. But He didn’t establish a synagogue or start his own church because of His own disagreement. In fact, He continued to attend the very place He didn’t agree with. Did He cause dissention and division? Nope. Did He try and convince the leadership that He was right and they were wrong in their endeavors? Nope.
His simply brought the reality of heaven to earth. Wherever He went, His goal was to create a space where the laws of sin were interrupted and overruled by a higher law of love and selflessness. His demonstration was through the healing of the sick, raising of the dead, blessing of the children, and provision of needs. The physical demonstration was confirmed by the emotional, spiritual, and mental revelation of what heaven on earth meant, looked like, and felt like. (Who is this man who speaks with such authority and causes our hearts to burn within us?).
His purpose wasn’t to develop a particular following or gather as many people as possible. Although the following happened, that was the result, not the purpose. Jesus didn’t attempt to convert or persuade anyone that His was way the right way. He didn’t try and convince, convict, or cajole his audience to the idea that they were sinners and needed “salvation”. He simply demonstrated the reality of heaven. When He presented heaven, heaven heard, and heaven answered.
Until we are dissatisfied with our current ineffectiveness, we will never truly be happy in our heart or effective with our lives. It is not our words, but our actions, and the result of those actions, which will convince those of the true reality of eternity. Your purpose-my purpose is much bigger and deeper than garnering a larger following, releasing the next top selling worship CD, writing the latest book, or preaching the most relevant sermon series. Those are good and noble and right, but they should be results, not goals. Our birthright is to take back the fellowship that was lost in the garden and we’ve been given authority to once again release the purpose and dominion of Jesus back to the earth. Our destiny is to daily demonstrate this ultimate expression of love and open the goodness of heaven over everyone who enters our space.
The kingdom comes first in our hearts. Sounds elementary, but as a people who are suppose to represent Jesus, the kingdom is not in our hearts. If it was, we would be doing what Jesus did. Jesus did what He did by fellowship with the Father. He spent more time in prayer, fasting, fellowship, and aligning his heart with the Father than He did in actual ministry. Ministry was not a goal but a result of a heart condition.
Jesus also didn’t agree with the teachings of the day. In fact it was 100% opposite. But He didn’t establish a synagogue or start his own church because of His own disagreement. In fact, He continued to attend the very place He didn’t agree with. Did He cause dissention and division? Nope. Did He try and convince the leadership that He was right and they were wrong in their endeavors? Nope.
His simply brought the reality of heaven to earth. Wherever He went, His goal was to create a space where the laws of sin were interrupted and overruled by a higher law of love and selflessness. His demonstration was through the healing of the sick, raising of the dead, blessing of the children, and provision of needs. The physical demonstration was confirmed by the emotional, spiritual, and mental revelation of what heaven on earth meant, looked like, and felt like. (Who is this man who speaks with such authority and causes our hearts to burn within us?).
His purpose wasn’t to develop a particular following or gather as many people as possible. Although the following happened, that was the result, not the purpose. Jesus didn’t attempt to convert or persuade anyone that His was way the right way. He didn’t try and convince, convict, or cajole his audience to the idea that they were sinners and needed “salvation”. He simply demonstrated the reality of heaven. When He presented heaven, heaven heard, and heaven answered.
Until we are dissatisfied with our current ineffectiveness, we will never truly be happy in our heart or effective with our lives. It is not our words, but our actions, and the result of those actions, which will convince those of the true reality of eternity. Your purpose-my purpose is much bigger and deeper than garnering a larger following, releasing the next top selling worship CD, writing the latest book, or preaching the most relevant sermon series. Those are good and noble and right, but they should be results, not goals. Our birthright is to take back the fellowship that was lost in the garden and we’ve been given authority to once again release the purpose and dominion of Jesus back to the earth. Our destiny is to daily demonstrate this ultimate expression of love and open the goodness of heaven over everyone who enters our space.
posted by John | 3:28 PM
2 Comments:
As usual - well said.
Ahhh yes, "results not goals." This is genuine fruit of intimacy with God.
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