Word of the Day
Beloved, have I not said you are seated in heavenly places? Have I not said you are not of this world any longer (Ephesians 2:4-6)? The only true nationality you have is in the Kingdom of Heaven. Those of the world follow after the dictates of their own flesh and believe most anything the world tells them. At the root of all flesh is the lie which believes man can do all things without Me. There is no need for God; but yet, they turn to many other things not realizing they are in great need. If not, they would not try and fill their empty lives.
This is not so for you. I have given you all things pertaining to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). What would your life be like if you took Me at My Word in this one area…if you believed every day that you have whatever you need through relationship with and knowledge of My person? Selah.
It is very important for you to know with a revelatory certainty that you are aliens in the world. Knowing this truth in actuality and experience will change everything…will change how you see, think and feel about the world you live in and how you relate to it…knowing this will change how you relate to Me(1 Peter 2:11).
Know this now and forever. I have seated you with Me and want you to live accordingly. Therefore, if you pursue Me in the secret place, revelation will abound with the fruit of wisdom and discernment…will abound with revelatory knowledge…will abound with strength and courage to overcome the lies and persuasions of the world. Come and let us agree that you may know what I know.
Remember, you are not to operate or function according to the world and its ways. You have a higher and more excellent way; the way of love (1 Corinthians 12:31 Amplified).
For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue) (2 Peter 1:3 Amplified)
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the other. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:1-7 Amplified)
Prayer
Truly You have delivered me from the kingdom of darkness, and translated me into Your kingdom of Light. I praise You for You have made me alive unto God. Because of Your richness in love and mercy You have saved me by faith through grace. I praise You for You have no limits, no weaknesses, and there is no shadow of turning in You. I can trust You for You cannot lie.
I dare to believe You Lord, no matter what my senses tell me to the contrary. Today is the day I rejoice in You and give You thanks for all You have already done. Help me to understand in a revelatory way what it truly means to an alien in the world. Help me to experience this truth in a way that is relevant and pertinent to my everyday life.
I desire to be drawn into the secret places of your heart where wisdom, discernment and revelatory knowledge dwell. May all darkness be separated from me through the light of Your manifest Word in my life. Help me to grasp it…cling to it and ingest until I radiate with Your image from the inside out. Yes, I choose to walk in Your ways…to walk in light and love and not the ways of the kingdom of darkness for I am seated with You in heavenly places forever. Amen.
Reflect and Journal
- As the world grows darker and draws near the end of the age, remind yourself of God’s faithfulness. He is the light of the world. He has translated you from the kingdom of darkness unto the kingdom of his dear Son. Journal your thoughts concerning the meaning of being translated and how it reflects in your life.
- What is your true nationality and how should knowing it affect your spiritual walk…affect your natural walk in this world?
- What does it mean to be aliens in the world? Pray and ask God for revelation concerning how this should have an effect on how you view struggles and triumphs.
- We are called to walk in a higher and more excellent way, the way of love in a fearful, angry world. What does it mean to walk in love on a practical level? Write down your responses.