Today, my friends, I'm going to give it to you straight. It's been a while since we've talked and a lot has been on my heart. To be real and frank with you, there are many Christians in the body of Christ that truly have no clue as to the authority they have in Christ Jesus. It’s truly important for us to know who we are in Christ Jesus—we think we know. But do we really? If we really knew we would not have to continue to go before our Heavenly Father with the same requests, with the same down-trodden look on our faces, or the same self-seeking manner. We would know who we are, and in all of our getting (when we prayed, we believed that we received it immediately)-we get understanding, and an empowerment in this thing called Confession-taking authority in Jesus Name that no matter what the devil throws at us, it wouldn’t work, because we truly have the mind of Christ and have reached a level of maturity with the things of God! AMEN!!
So who are we? That’s what we want to know! I’m going to give you a quick nugget to empower you and inspire you in this journey of ours together. Let’s first take a look at Revelations 3:8-11. This scripture was given to me back in May by a dear friend of mine and minister of the Lord, Bro. Harold Herring of the organization, “Debt-Free Army.” It was at a time in my life when I knew a change in seasons was about to take place in my life. God was and is doing a quick work in me and I had been truly seeking God and needed a confirmation on some things. In Brother Harold’s prayer time, the Lord unctioned in his spirit to call me and share a word from the Lord for my behalf, and this is the scripture the Lord led him to share.
Rev.3:8--I know your [record of] works and what you are doing. See! I have set before you a door wide open which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My Word and guarded My message and have not renounced or denied My name.
When you keep God’s word and guard His message despite other’s opposition to it, God makes ways for you that no one will be able to stop. Go over to Rev. 4: 1, 9-11.
1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. (Or the KISSAY in Hebrew)-that connection we have between heaven and earth. It’s like kissing the feet of Jesus or the intimacy behind the veil in the throne room of God.
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
In God’s Kingdom, there are established priorities before time. All other priorities must submit to those established priorities. In other words, the way we come to the father, and posture and position ourselves amidst the King, must be aligned to the Father’s will and be in the correct frame of mind (humility) to receive from him. Crown in the Hebrew is Keter. The "crown" symbolizes the spiritual power to receive and integrate into one's consciousness the pleasure or purpose of Divine revelation. "The righteous sit with their crowns on their heads and receive pleasure from the radiance of the Divine Presence."
With the crown or Keter in the Hebrew comes the position of the crown in worship. The crown on one’s head is in the shape of the Hebrew letter Kav almost looks like a horse shoe among one’s head. For example, When you stand upright with the crown on your head, you see before you vision for your future, it’s not physically present yet; it’s only a vision, a thought, a dream. You recognize it to be in the will of the Father, but it hasn’t manifested itself yet because you haven’t tapped into the source of your strength, the one that makes everything fit according to His will and purpose. But when you position yourself prostrate before the Father, you change in status to an Ambassador of God causing you to be successful in the things of God, finally actualizing your potential- it’s seen before others. Why? Because you did it in humility which is most recognized in the courts of heaven and it gives God all the glory! Read Psalms 24:7. That’s when you can lift up your head in PRAISE to our Father!
So I leave you with this, …Who are you? Let this infill your spirit as I go through these.
"You are called in Christ, you have liberty in Christ, you are a joint-heir with Christ, you are the righteousness of God in Christ, you are the chosen, you are sanctified in Christ, you are highly favored of God, you are blessed with ALL spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, you are a partaker of the inheritance of Christ, you are fearfully and wonderfully made, created in the image of God, you increase in the knowledge of God—(just declaring and decreeing some things over your life), the drink the cup of blessings, you are loaded daily with benefits, everything your hands touch prospers, you are blessed in the city and blessed in the field, you lend and never borrow, you dwell in the secret place of the Most High God, you are rooted and grounded with love, you are the head and not the tail, wealth and riches are in your house, you are healed by the stripes of Jesus, you overcome evil with good, and you tread upon serpents and scorpions and all the power of the enemy and nothing by any means shall hurt you!"
This is WHO YOU ARE!!
