Monday, March 26, 2012

No Secret Agent

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 
John 1:14

The apostle John started his gospel with these words: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." You see, before Jesus ever became man, before he was made flesh, he was the Word of God. Everything that the Father is, his character, his omnipotence, his power, his love; all this is embodied in the person of Jesus Christ. And he became flesh for us.
    Jesus is the One and Only. He is God's Son. He became God's agent on the earth. He very literally brought the kingdom of heaven to earth. He became God in the flesh. So everything that he was before he came; his deity, his authority, his power to create, came with him. An agent has an agenda. The agenda of Jesus was to bring heaven to earth. It was to restore access to God's kingdom to us. It had been lost because of sin, but the Agent of God brought the keys once again. So God's Word literally became flesh.
    Jesus taught us to pray this way: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:9&10). Jesus was encouraging us to do exactly as he had done. We are instructed to pray God's kingdom to the earth. God's will has already been established in heaven. It is rock solid, it cannot be changed. All that remains is to bring it to earth, into our lives, into our circumstances. So we become agents just as Jesus was. We are agents of change. We are agents that bring the kingdom of heaven into all the kingdoms of the earth. It is our duty as agents of God to continue to do what Jesus already did: bring God's Word to flesh.
    God has made his will known. He has declared everything ahead of time. He has told us who he is, he has brought his Word into our lives, and he has called us to carry the call of God to the earth. His Word is set. It existed before creation, even though it had yet to be written. It is no secret. It is to be proclaimed from the housetops. Our call as agents of the living God is to bring his Word to the flesh. What we know to be glorious truth, we need to see operating right here in our physical world. His Word is not only for the future. It is not only for the past. It is for right now, right here, right where we live. God set the precedent when he sent the Word to become flesh and dwell among us in the person of Jesus Christ. He still desires his Word to become flesh. It is not only spiritual, it is physical and his will is going to be accomplished on the earth.
    Will you become an agent of God? It is not a secret job, it is not an undercover mission. You don't have to be specially trained. We can be people who pray God's will and kingdom into our lives and the lives of others. Bring God's Word into the flesh. The kingdom of heaven is faultless, magnificent, and powerful. We need it in our lives and circumstances. We need God's Word to live in the flesh and dwell among us.

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