There is no dissatisfaction in the Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Heaven is perfect, just like our Father. I believe that the Kingdom-reality is something that we are growing into. That through following the Lord, we are taking the ‘Promise Land’ that is flowing with milk and honey.
This Kingdom of Truth is something we learn to live in. As we receive the Father’s Love and courageusly die to ourselves, we are transformed to operate more and more out of His Nature, and find ourselves governed by the principles and precepts of the Kingdom. It’s a lifelong journey that should inspire wonder in us at the possibilities of what the Lord has in store for us!
About a year ago the Lord spoke something to me that has since completely changed my life! It was a simple, easy to agree with statement, that had profound implecations.
“There is no dissatisfaction in the Kingdom.”
I said ‘ok.’ That set me on an intense track for about a month where God started processing my entire being, showing me everywhere that I had dissatisfaction. He showed me that it was in my speech, it was in how I viewed the Body of Christ, it was my motivation to change myself, it was in my motivation to do ministry.. I kept seeing it everywhere!
The next step was surrender it to God. He told me to replace all dissatisfaction with hope and confidence in the promises of God. He showed me that ‘confidence in the promises of God’ equals ‘confidence in WHO HE TRULY IS’. If I had dissatisfaction, it was actually unbelief in Him!
When I saw immaturity in the Body, I used to allow dissatisfaction to motivate a new post or inspire a video idea. Now, I actually believe that God’s faithfulness will complete the work that He started and I don’t need to pick up any burden to do anything about it. It’s really not my responsibility, God is the TRUE Shepherd and He KNOWS how to shepherd HIS sheep. The victory is already accomplished and God ACTUALLY IS soverign. SO why did I ever carry a burden to fix or change anything??
After the month of allowing God to replace all my dissatisfaction with hope and confidence in His promises, I felt severely unmotivated. I had no reason to do anything anymore. If I am not allowed to be dissatisfied, then everything is at it should be, and in process just like myself..
I HAD FINALLY CEASED FROM MY OWN WORKS.
I HAD FINALLY ENTERED HIS REST.
but I still had desires to do things for the Lord!
I could imagine my Heavenly Father’s excited face as He says “GOOD! GO, Do it! So long it doesn’t come from a place of dissatisfaction or unbelief, you have freedom to do whatever you want to for my Glory!”
The Lord began to minister to me the parable of the talants. He showed me that the master didn’t micro manage the servants, they had full freedom to do what they thought was best with what He gave them. The only wicked thing to do was nothing! On top of that, it was clear to me that a harvest was promised as long as we risked using what we have been given!
This new mentality has effected me so deeply. Through this understanding, God has given me a new honor for literally everyone. I can see and honor the different parts of His Body this way, and even honor them and see God’s faithfulness in their respective maturity levels. God has people in every facet of life, being representatives and helping each other toward Him, and He has people in every maturity level too!
I no longer have any desire to argue or struggle to be understood, if someone can’t hear me, that’s ok! I can honor them and bless them where they are in their journey and trust that God will be faithful to them, just like He’s faithful to me!
I can go on and on, but I wont. I know there are a lot of people not ready to hear this.. but I believe there are a lot of people who have known it in their own ways all along. I hope this encourages those of you who have always believed God was big enough to worry about it Himself, and it wasn’t ever our job to fix the world.
I’ll just keep loving people and talking to those who can hear me.
JIK