Lets take a walk

“And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking...
in the cool of the evening….” Genesis 3:8

During the day, Adam rearranged or improved the Garden of Eden. Then in the evening, the Lord, the creator of the universe, came to see what Adam had accomplished during the day. As they walked together, Adam pointed out to the Lord the things he had changed. The Lord found great satisfaction in this, as the Lord takes pleasure in the works of our hands.

In redemption, we also have been given a word. We are to “dress and improve” the world of our day and time. As a result of the authority that Jesus gained in His victory over Satan, we have been given the “Keys of the Kingdom” which gives us authority to rule over, or to affect our environment.

When Jesus comes to walk with us in our present environment, He should find pleasure and satisfaction in what we have accomplished, because we have been given the “key” that will unlock and release the enemy’s grip on the governments that rule the nations. Our neighborhood, city, state, and nation, should be affected by us, as we exercise this authority.

There are areas in or near where many of us presently live, that if the Lord were to say, “You and I will go for a walk this evening in that area,” we would have to say, “Lord, it is not safe to walk there at night.” But we have been given dominion, and there should be a present expression of the higher realm of authority that we will be given in “that day” to rule on the earth, in order to establish the Millennial Kingdom of God.

This means that our ministry, our prayer life, our words, should be affecting the place where we live.

Only then can Isaiah 14:5-8 be fulfilled:

“The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders.”

“The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid down, no feller is come up against us.”

If we have rightly used the “Keys of the Kingdom” that are presently being offered to us, we also will have a part in singing this new song.

Then, the kingdom will become, as Jesus said it is to be, a place of “Righteousness, peace, and joy.”