Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Big Picture


Our destiny is to be conformed into the image and likeness of the Lord Jesus Christ, fully expressing His nature and glory. The Fathers ultimate intention is that He may inhabit, subdue, and exercise dominion in the earth through His corporate Son (male and female), the Body of Christ; through US! We have been called to be the Bride of Christ, a Companion of like nature and ability. To this end and purpose, you and I have been elected, chosen beforehand. In this reality we are very busy, very involved, and in the closest, most intimate relationship with Jesus, but HE is doing it...not us. He is in charge of our very existence. We only say what He says and we only do what He does. We stop living ourselves and allow His life to find expression through us.
These realities only come within the context of the gathered Body, His Church. which is being assembled, put together and re-membered by the Holy Spirit. He is gathering and collecting the Saints together and bringing clarity as to who they are before the foundation of the world. Clarity comes to each individual concerning their particular ministry, but that will never make sense until we allow Christ to reveal how it fits in with the rest of the Saints. We are living stones built together; we all have a place where we fit within the cluster of grapes, not outside the cluster, doing our own thing! There are no independent contractors in the Kingdom. To fulfill your destiny in the Kingdom, you must flow in proper Kingdom relationships with others who are in the Kingdom!