Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Call to Kingship

One of the callings in the church that doesn't get enough attention is the call to kingship. There's a lot of focus on being called to preach, the call to pastor, the call to teach, even the call to prophecy, but there's not enough focus on the call to being a king. The Bible says in Revelation chapters 1 and 5 that God has made us kings and priests. In order for us to be adequately prepared and function properly in the Kingdom movement that God is releasing in the earth, it is important that we understand the nature of our call to kingship.

When we go back to the Book of Exodus, the Scripture says that God described the children of Israel as "a kingdom of priests" (Exodus 19). Generally, when we think of the children of Israel, we think of a group of disobedient people that God had to rescue out of Egyptian bondage and put up with through their wilderness wanderings. Even though this is true to a very large extent, it doesn't represent who God ordained them to be. This identification that God places upon His people in Exodus 19, is right before His Divine visitation and the giving of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20. What a lot of people miss in regards to the Ten Commandments is that it wasn't just about "a set of rules" for the children of Israel to live by. It was the establishing of God's Kingdom amongst His Redeemed people. It was the Inauguration of the Kingdom of God! And what God had ordained for the Israelites was for them to serve as kings (a kingdom of priests) in the establishment of His Kingdom heading into the Promised Land. However, needless to say, they failed to answer this call.

God has extended this same call to the church in this present day and hour. When Pilate asked Jesus was He the King of the Jews, Jesus responded by saying, "to this end was I born" (John 18). And saints, the reason we've been "born again" is to serve as kings under Jesus Christ. That's why He is the King of kings (Revelation 19). Every born again believer has been called to a Ministry of Kingship. But just like in the natural, it's something you have to "inherit." The son of a king doesn't just "become" the king, he must inherit his father's throne. He has "the right" to the throne because he "is" a son, he's an heir; but the prince must still inherit the throne and authority of his father the king. This becomes a challenge for many Christians because the scripture says in Galatians chapter 4 that "the heir as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of al." As a child of God, you can't walk into the ministry of kingship operating in a state of spiritual immaturity.

Saints, the power that God has given us, associated with the manifestation of His Kingdom is beyond measure. The authority and dominion that has been reserved for the children of God is beyond belief. But God's not calling babies, still weaning on milk, to walk in the ministry of kingship. It's time that we grow up, take off the spiritual bibs and diapers, and mature into the men and women of God that the Lord is calling us to be; so that we may aptly and appropriately answer the call to kingship.

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