Kingdom Carriers | The Kingdom the Father Delights to Give
There is a remarkable sentence Jesus spoke that we can easily read too quickly:
"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom." — Luke 12:32
Think about those words.
The Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.
Jesus had just been speaking about worry.
What will we eat? What will we wear? How will our needs be met?
These are deeply human concerns.
Yet Jesus redirects their attention from what they were trying to secure to what the Father was pleased to give.
The Kingdom.
Perhaps that's where anxiety often exposes something deeper.
We become consumed with securing what the Father already knows we need.
Jesus doesn't deny those needs.
He changes their order.
"Seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well." — Luke 12:31
The world teaches us to build life from the outside in:
Secure enough. Accumulate enough. Control enough.
Then perhaps we will have peace.
Jesus reverses the order.
Begin with the King and His Kingdom.
Then allow everything else to find its proper place beneath His rule.
And perhaps the most beautiful part is this:
The Father isn't reluctant.
Jesus says He is pleased to give us the Kingdom.
We are not trying to persuade an unwilling God to release His purposes.
We are responding to a Father who delights in bringing His children under the goodness of His reign.
So maybe Kingdom living isn't primarily about acquiring more from God.
Perhaps it begins by recognising the magnitude of what He has already invited us into.
We keep asking for things from the King.
The Father has given us the Kingdom.
Grace and peace,
Jacob
Kingdom Carriers
https://books2read.com/u/mlJqo7
Website
https://www.jacobisaac.co.nz
There is a remarkable sentence Jesus spoke that we can easily read too quickly:
"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom." — Luke 12:32
Think about those words.
The Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.
Jesus had just been speaking about worry.
What will we eat? What will we wear? How will our needs be met?
These are deeply human concerns.
Yet Jesus redirects their attention from what they were trying to secure to what the Father was pleased to give.
The Kingdom.
Perhaps that's where anxiety often exposes something deeper.
We become consumed with securing what the Father already knows we need.
Jesus doesn't deny those needs.
He changes their order.
"Seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well." — Luke 12:31
The world teaches us to build life from the outside in:
Secure enough. Accumulate enough. Control enough.
Then perhaps we will have peace.
Jesus reverses the order.
Begin with the King and His Kingdom.
Then allow everything else to find its proper place beneath His rule.
And perhaps the most beautiful part is this:
The Father isn't reluctant.
Jesus says He is pleased to give us the Kingdom.
We are not trying to persuade an unwilling God to release His purposes.
We are responding to a Father who delights in bringing His children under the goodness of His reign.
So maybe Kingdom living isn't primarily about acquiring more from God.
Perhaps it begins by recognising the magnitude of what He has already invited us into.
We keep asking for things from the King.
The Father has given us the Kingdom.
Grace and peace,
Jacob
Kingdom Carriers
https://books2read.com/u/mlJqo7
Website
https://www.jacobisaac.co.nz
Kingdom Carriers | The Kingdom the Father Delights to Give
There is a remarkable sentence Jesus spoke that we can easily read too quickly:
"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom." — Luke 12:32
Think about those words.
The Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.
Jesus had just been speaking about worry.
What will we eat? What will we wear? How will our needs be met?
These are deeply human concerns.
Yet Jesus redirects their attention from what they were trying to secure to what the Father was pleased to give.
The Kingdom.
Perhaps that's where anxiety often exposes something deeper.
We become consumed with securing what the Father already knows we need.
Jesus doesn't deny those needs.
He changes their order.
"Seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well." — Luke 12:31
The world teaches us to build life from the outside in:
Secure enough. Accumulate enough. Control enough.
Then perhaps we will have peace.
Jesus reverses the order.
Begin with the King and His Kingdom.
Then allow everything else to find its proper place beneath His rule.
And perhaps the most beautiful part is this:
The Father isn't reluctant.
Jesus says He is pleased to give us the Kingdom.
We are not trying to persuade an unwilling God to release His purposes.
We are responding to a Father who delights in bringing His children under the goodness of His reign.
So maybe Kingdom living isn't primarily about acquiring more from God.
Perhaps it begins by recognising the magnitude of what He has already invited us into.
We keep asking for things from the King.
The Father has given us the Kingdom.
Grace and peace,
Jacob
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