Why are we so dull to the spiritual blessings of Jesus?  We hear that His Spirit is in us at the point we accept His gift of salvation but we let the light grow dim in the day to day cloud of life’s difficulties.   

We are instructed in the following verses to pay careful attention to our hearts.  This clearly means we must focus on the voice of the Spirit to live in the light of truth.   Just like that lamp we must stay connected to the source of fuel for our light to really shine.   Our goal is to stay in close contact with the Spirit, listening intently to His still small voice no matter what the thunderous noise of the world is screaming in our ears. 

We have the revelation light of Jesus in us. That search light of the Spirit which burns so bright.  We must cling to that lighthouse no matter how thick the fog of darkness comes at us.  Because that fog is a lie and the truth is that we are to be the light of revelation to the world. 

“No one lights a lamp and then hides it, covering it over or putting it where no one sees its light. No, he places the lamp on a lampstand so others benefit from its brightness. Because this revelation lamp now shines within you, nothing will be hidden from you—it will all be revealed. Every secret of the kingdom will be unveiled and out in the open, made known by the revelation-light. So pay careful attention to your hearts as you listen to my teaching, for to those who have open hearts, even more revelation will be given to them until it overflows. And for those who do not listen with open hearts, what little light they imagine themselves to have will be taken away.”

Luke 8:16–18 TPT

Ever since the fall in the garden, death has reigned over mankind.   The literal keys to the planet had been given to satan and he enforce the rule of death and  destruction.

But, Jesus, turned it all on its head, Life is swallowing death.

Yes, the gates of hell; sin, disease and death shall not withstand the ecclesia. We the governmental body of the Kingdom, His called out ones, are to enforce that Kingdom on the earth.   Jesus already secured victory over the enemy but He also restored to man all the authority over the earth.

The problem is we do not enforce that authority properly, instead we surrender the rightful place Jesus gave us, to the enemy.  We do this because he, satan lies to us and we believe his deceptions!   We do not take Jesus at His word and see His miraculous deeds as absolute proof that we are to be like Him in this world. We allow the kingdom of darkness to penetrate the very walls of our kingdom here on earth.

Sharing the good news of salvation.  Healing the sick, lifting up the downtrodden, interceding for others, fellowshipping together are the ways we rebuild the breaches in the walls and force back the darkness. 

Many times I find you in the morning, in the garden, sitting on our bench, listening to your creation sing its song of the dawn.  Worshipping your beauty and holiness resting in your presence.  There is none like you, no one else can touch my heart like you do.  My master my lover my friend the one who sustains my every breath.

Such peace and joy envelopes me as we sit drinking in the beauty of your creation.  Knowing you have life in your hands quiets the storm of fear raging in the world of men.  Here in your quiet place I know there is nothing which can pull me out of your loving arms. Let this be our daily meeting place from now on. 

Are you a son of the slave woman or the free woman?  Ishmael was the son of a slave woman, born out of disobedience and lack of faith.  He was not the son of promise but the son of disobedience.   Issac on the other hand was the son of promise, the fulfillment of  long standing prophecy.   The product of unwavering faith in the truth spoken to Abraham.

Is your mother the one of the flesh or the spirit?  What’s your spiritual family line?

We all start as sons and daughters of the slave woman.  Bound into that slavery by our spiritual lineage of disobedience, selfishness and pride.   We live as though we know what’s best for us, which path is the correct one, who we are.    But it isn’t till we come face to face with our inadequacies and failures that we see we need salvation.   

Our spiritual mother is crying out to us all along to awaken to the Spirit’s call and come home to faith in the Son.  It is only by stepping into the faith in Jesus’s finished work that we will go from being a son of the slave woman to a son of the free woman.

Embrace Jesus, the Son, fully.  Step into your true identity!