With His disciples, Jesus didn’t stop with an opening conversation that gripped their hearts. He called them. He discipled them. He made relationship with them. He spoke to each of them in their language, that spoke to their heart, impacting them for eternity.
There is an assignment after the alignment!
Through the water and the blood, there is now a place of abode for His Kingdom purposes. Both in heaven and on earth.
As our faith is tested in difficult times, let us be found building our faith by having one-on-one face-to-face time with God!
Being filled with the Spirit and living with a heart of worship to our God is the way we have to live if we are to live with victory in our hearts.
The plan of redemption was not just to get us into heaven, but that God would be glorified, Jesus would be glorified, and it would restore the former glory of God's intentions for all of mankind.
"No fair hoggin' the remedy! We must share Jesus with others." (One of many "Esther-isms")
It's time to get up! Just as Deborah in the Book of Judges commanded the captain of the army when they were surrounded by the enemy. It is time for the Church to rise into the position of partnering with God, being an extension of Him on the earth. It's time to represent Him fully, in demonstration and power. We must know who we are. We cannot do this in our own strength, but as an extension of God, we can be confident as we obey Him and make Him known on the earth.