Planted Watered Rooted

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of Holy Spirit, who is in you, Whom you have received from God? You are not your own. 1 Corinthians 6:19 NIV

Our naturally selfish ambitions, even when cast through the lens of good intention, have to begin to fall away as they have been crucified with Christ. Let us seek to approach and act out our daily lives with kindness, compassion and humility, having accepted that the fruit of the Spirit is beyond what we could accomplish alone, and it’s through Jesus Christ that we are empowered with purpose. Planted. Rooted. 

God’s purpose and promises have not changed. Maybe our circumstances have, or our employment situation, but His word is unchanging. It’s time to occupy the promises of God. It’s time to cross the river of doubt and take possession of what He has already given to us.  The Lord our God is strong and mighty. He has not lost His power to do more than we could ask or imagine.  God is stirring, now as He always has. Be strong and courageous. 

This is our mission, our divine appointment, to be ambassadors of Christ. In all of the stress, and worry of attempting to find our identity in this crazy world, our personal “calling,” we have moved right past our responsibility as adopted sons and daughters of God. We’ve been brought to life. Rescued from death, and now must share the message of God’s reconciliation. How each of us does this will look different. Some of us will lead families, others businesses, and others churches. 

Revelation 11:15 TPT  Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and a loud voice broke forth in heaven, saying: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our God and of his Anointed One! He will reign supreme for an eternity of eternities!”

All of us playing our part in the reconciliation, revival, of the world. All of its many parts gathered as one body, pointing the world towards Jesus Christ. Our mission is this, that we would live lives worthy of the Gospel, that we would allow ourselves to be internally changed, that we would create external effect, and in His way, reconcile the world to His kingdom.