"Change is in the Air!" 11-06-08

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Word of God, speak, I pray, as I wait and watch and listen. ... "At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, 'Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?' He called a child, whom He put among them, and said, 'Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever welcomes one such child in My name welcomes Me" (Matthew 18:1-5). If there is one word that seems to express the heart and desire of our age, it is "change." Our newspapers, radios, televisions, conversations, and thoughts have been saturated will the cry and call for change: "Change we can believe in." "We need change." "Things must change." "Change is gonna come." "Change has come." As one of our government leaders prophesied not long ago, "Change is in the air!" And so it is. What is being proclaimed, decreed, and declared in the physical realm is also true of the spiritual realm. "But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual" (1 Corinthians 15:46). Our words have power. "The power of death and life are in the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits" (Proverbs 18:21). In Your sovereignty as our Creator, You have chosen to entrust incredible responsibility and authority to the children of Your creation. "The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth He has given to human beings" (Psalm 115:16). What we speak and do and believe in the earthly realm affects the heavenly realm, according to the spiritual principle of "dominion" (Genesis 1:26). "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven" (Matthew 18:18 and 16:19). Yet You entrust this all to us with the desire we would exercise the dominion of our responsibility and authority in trusting submission to Your dominion of our lives, always seeking Your will, always relying upon Your wisdom, always depending upon Your power. So as we proclaim "change" and see it manifested in our lives and throughout our land, let it be the change You desire, the change You know we need. Give us wisdom and courage to humble ourselves in trusting, obedient faith as the children of God we are created to be, in personal relationship with You (John 1:12; Galatians 3:26). Let us change our pride for humility, our knowledge for Your wisdom, our desire for independence from Your authority for our willing submission to Your dominion. Let us surrender our agenda to Your agenda, and our plans to Your plans (Jeremiah 29:11). You will change the direction of our nation and our world as we allow You to change us. We will be changed by the renewing of our minds and the transformation of our hearts, as we seek You, honor You, and worship You alone as God (Romans 12:1-2). "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" (Psalm 33:12, KJV). We will enter into the kingdom of heaven as we allow the King of the kingdom of heaven to enter into us. As we take our eyes off of ourselves and our desires to lift our eyes to You and Your desires, we will be changed. "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord" (2 Corinthians 3:18, KJV). Change our hearts, O God. Change, my heart, O God (Ezekiel 35:26). "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me" (Psalm 51:10, KJV). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, Registration is Still Open. 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