Kingdom Responders!!!!!

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Today's Passage: Isaiah chapter 61
Memory Verse> Isaiah 61:1

There's an urgency in the heavens to awaken in God's people a desire to see His kingdom come on earth just as it has been established in Heaven. Too many of us have been lulled to sleep by our enemy, the great deceiver. We've been lied to and told that we can't make a difference--that we're insignificant. But the very fact that he tries to get us to receive this thought suggests that the opposite is true.

Yesterday, our pastors exposed the purpose for which the enemy hates us so much: it's because we're eligible for recruitment in the Father's kingdom. As long as there is pain, hopelessness, and despair, the Father will have a need for us. As long as the oppressor continues to inflict bondage upon God's creation, He will be calling for our services. Our pastors called it being God's KINGDOM RESPONDERS, much like the emergency service agents who arrive on the scene at the first sign of trouble.

Now, say we showed up on the scene to do everything today's passage says we can do. We attempted to tell those who are hurting and broken that there's a way out. But when we went to the gates that held them in captivity, there was no way to set them free. No way, that is, except through the blood of Jesus. What if we tried to be conquerors to the world without the authority that comes from being totally submitted to Jesus? That tyrant satan would just laugh in our faces. You see, he knows that he has no defense against a submitted life. Unlike many of us who are ignorant of how powerful we really are, he knows that all we have to do is accept the anointing of Jesus, the Anointed One. The transfer of that anointing will be made in our lives. And there's nothing he can do about it.

Today, as you search your list of things to pursue, make sure you don't miss the most important of all: making yourself available in the Father's kingdom. You've been anointed for the purpose of responding to everything that God did not intend to be on this earth. The question that remains is, WILL we respond to the recruitment call? Will we step up to the challenge and rescue God's lost and broken? Or will we pretend we don't see the pain- filled eyes around us, or hear their cries for help? Arise, army of God. Take up your weapons of war which are not human, but still mighty through God to pull down every stronghold. And the battle has already been won.

Prayer: Father, with each passing day I ask You to make me sensitive to the needs of Your people. May I keep at the forefront the rescue You used others to perform on my behalf. With that in mind, may I respond with Your power and authority to set the captives free. I give You glory for what You've already prepared beforehand. In Jesus' Name, Amen.