by Scott Johnson
Before you had a relationship with God, through Jesus Christ, you lived your life on one level. It was your personal life. It consisted of “self this” and “self that.” It was full of self-evaluation, self-worth, selfish motives and self-esteem. But after you were born again, you began living on two levels.
Level A: Your personal life.
Level B: Your life inside the kingdom of God.
This is why you started pursuing God, going to church, watching BelieversWay TV, reading your Bible, attending a small group, and other special meetings. You wanted what Jesus instructed us to do in His life-shaping statement:
Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.1 This statement changed everything for you. Jesus was literally challenging you to make the switch in your priorities—putting “B” as “A,” and “A” as “B.”
So it looks like this.
Level A: Your life inside the kingdom.
Level B: Your personal life.
When you make “the switch,” your personal life is finally impacted by the kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you.
When you make “the switch,” God begins speaking to you about “you.” He gets specific, and you get clarity about who you are in the kingdom, your office, gifting, callings, anointing and assignments because, The gifts and callings of God are without repentance.2
As a preacher, I am accountable to God for my gifts and callings—and so are you. We all have callings—either in the marketplace or in the Church.
God desires to ignite, who He created you to be…
When this happens, you’ll think the thoughts of God, and then God will give you new thoughts. You’ll have dreams of being the head and not the tail. You’ll have visions of being above and not beneath, first instead of last. You’ll be favored by God and man, and excel in your job. You’ll possibly start your own business. Your life will take a turn—not for the worse—but for the better. And you’ll begin doing incredible things for the kingdom of God, and the kingdom of God will bring incredible things into your life…all because you made “the switch.”
Join Missy and me. Release the power of possibility by making the switch today! Seek first His kingdom—in every way you can!
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1Matthew 6:33
2Romans 11:29
Posted on
Tue, April 5, 2011
by Scott Johnson