My Job and My Purpose Never Change

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There is a job I do for free. Day after day it never changes. It’s more than just a job. It’s a purpose. It’s a mission. It’s a calling that continually burns deep withing my heart. My most important job is to continually surrender to Jesus and to always proclaim and demonstrate the glorious reality and joy of His presence.

No matter where they live Christians are called to be counter-cultural — to be ambassadors of Christ who continually represent and demonstrate by a Spirit-led lifestyle a culture that’s not of this world — the kingdom (inner government) of God. When Christ-followers gather to be led by the Spirit they are an embassy of the kingdom of God where people can experience His government in action in this wayward world.

Here is how the kingdom of God works. King Jesus tells His followers what to do. Then they deny themselves and obey Him instead of obeying their own thoughts, feelings, and desires. Unless you dress for Spirit-led success, pride will make your life a mess! “Clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” (Colossians 3:12) When the risen King Jesus is allowed to rule and reign in a person’s heart as their absolute Lord and Monarch, the kingdom of God has come to that person.

In the early days of Christianity when the body of Christ functioned organically, before there were institutionalized churches, the risen Jesus was allowed to directly and personally lead His body. To refuse to let the Holy Spirit have full control of a worship meeting because of the fear of “lack of order” or “a free for all,” is to misunderstand how the Holy Spirit leads.

It’s time to let the living Jesus be the literal Head and Director of His body once again! Christians can’t truly, effectively, and powerfully work together as long as the body of Christ is divided into many tens of thousands of independent religious institutions controlled by traditions and human leaders. Unfortunately, Christ-followers who don’t like attending institutional church services are often scolded, shamed, and treated like rebels.

Christians are called to demonstrate the supernatural power of God’s love. History shows that when Christians have had access to political power, they have used it in authoritarian and violent ways — from Constantine to the Crusades, from the Inquisition to Protestants using the government to persecute and kill Anabaptists, from Cromwell’s authoritarian government in England to the present day.

Like a huge fallen tree that is blocking the way, our own thoughts, feelings, and desires impede and mislead us. God is ready to move them aside if we will step to the side and let Him. Unleash “Christ in you,” “for such a time as this,” now and forever more!