Faith in the Kingdom!

I talk about Faith a lot so I just wanted to share a few things on the depth of It. Really, if we use faith generally, we can have faith in anything. "I have faith in you!" "I have faith in the Mavs this season." Or "my faith is Christianity." "My faith is Baptist." "My faith is Buddism." But what I learned about it, is that, it is truly substance. It's not just a strong hope or a sturdy belief. It is something immoveable. Something that is real. Something that is to stand no matter what. In Hebrews 11 it says "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." That word hope actually means expectation and full confidence. So it isn't hope as we've known it. Where you hope it will turn out one way but you really don't know if it will. This hope speaks of a true belief in something or something to come. "I have no doubt in it." And it's speaking of substance. So it's something that we have that causes us to expect and have full confidence. That's why it says it's also the evidence of things not seen. The substance is the evidence of things not seen. An example is Yeshua/Jesus. He was substance and evidence of the Father. He was Heaven on Earth. He was a picture of Faith. His essence was drawn from the invisible and manifested into the visible. His bones were the Father. It was what held Him up at all times no matter what. He was tested many, many times, not just by Satan Himself but by the Pharisees and Sadducees or by anyone that mocked Him or had unbelief in them. And sometimes, with us, that's enough to shake us. It's enough to cause us to say "maybe they are right". But Yeshua/Jesus never waivered. Another example is, what the Holy Spirit reveals to us about the Father. It is substance and evidence of the invisible. The revelation begins to manifest in our lives and become 100 percent real. You'll start to notice that what is being revealed specifically to you is for the greater union of you and The Father. And not only is the Father being revealed but so are you (the bride of Christ). What is being revealed is your Faith so you can become Faith (standing between The Father and others. Drawing from Heaven into you and then pouring out Heaven below.). Faith is not just the bones to hold your temple up, but they are weapons against the enemy. Also, the more sturdy your Faith gets, the more powerful it becomes for other people. Because they can see substance and evidence. Not just by what you say, but by how you live. People start to see Him. His fruit. They start to see Heaven as the essence of your earth. The word Heaven means the abode of God. So wherever He abides is Heaven. As we allow Him to reign in our earth, we become an extension of Heaven. " Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." A Kingdom is a place that has a King that rules and reigns the land. You can see clearly that right now, the King of this earth is not Yehovah/Jehovah by the fruit that is produced throughout the nations. It's the fruit of satan's breath...of confusion and misunderstanding of who the One true and Living God is and who we are. We can tell by the sickness and disease. By the natural and spiritual deaths. By the oppression. By the division. The cruelty. By the lack of Agape Love. By what goes on individually in a person....multiply that by billions and billions. And that is what makes up our earth. Rich and arrogant. Poor and malnourished. A corrupt earth. But it is clear that, that isn't what is meant to be. As we each turn to our Father and submit to Him, He can pour into us, and what He pours into us becomes our Faith. Our Faith becomes an extension of Heaven. And we become a piece of His Kingdom on earth. There's supposed to be healing! And miracles! There's supposed to be freedom in The Spirit of the Lord. From all the oppression the enemy has placed on us because we unknowingly have let him be our king for so long. Seeds planted in our minds. Lies. Experiences that have corrupted us. Lack of True Love. Of pure and Holy judgement. Of Spiritual edification. Of true goodness for our soul. Fruits of the flesh will always wound people in some way. It will always damage them. And that is why submission is so important. Because we, ourselves don't know. We can try to know and try to make up what we think true Love is. Or try to produce fruits of the Spirit on our own. But we can't. We just end up tired and weary. And want to give up or feel full of unbelief at that point. But with the Father in control and by allowing Him in us, He can do it. He can reveal perfect revelations to us. He can make our Faith a sturdy pillar within us. He can perform miracles. He has the right words for people. He can teach us everything we need to know. He can lead us into our destiny. He can heal. He can form true righteousness in us. Not righteousness we make up and try to fit into. He can change our minds and hearts. Because His Spirit holds all the power and all the truth. All the Love and all the fruits of the Spirit. But if we don't submit to goodness....if we fight against His Love...it will just make a big mess. Time and time again. Our Faith is always tested. Situations will come, thoughts from our carnal mind will come to oppose the Faith in us. When the test comes, we have a choice. This is our part. Our fight. We have to fight the opposition with our gift of Truth. And each time, our faith gets stronger and stronger. Enduring the test is often difficult. Especially at first. But the stronger our Faith gets, the easier it is to fight. It's like our muscles. Weight training. The more we lift the stronger we get. We have to practice our Faith and we will begin to develop a new perspective. So the opposition loses its power and our Faith is now alive. We live in the reality of Heaven. Not letting the oppression on earth bring us down, but instead, spread Heaven and defeat oppression. Though things might seem great in your life, things aren't so great in other people lives. And they need Saved. And not that we are their Savior...but it says...saved by grace THROUGH FAITH! People that The Father can use. People that He can have a relationship with. And then together, Love the world. Bringing unity all over the place. True unity. By His Heart and Mind ruling and reigning. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Let us grow in Faith! And no longer be divided against each other. But rising up together against the enemy that loves division. Here's to US! -MLB