Thursday, April 28, 2011

+DEV+ Claiming the Nations

Date: April 28, 2011 12:20 AM
Topic: +DEV+ Claiming the Nations

Claiming the Nations

“your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10)
Scripture Focus: Luke 1-4

Something very exciting is happening in the world. It may seem like all bad news, but it's not because "Aslan is on the move!" Just like Lucy and Susan and Peter and Edmund in Narnia, we're seeing the spring come. We're seeing the power of evil lose its grip. The ice is melting; spring is bursting forth. The Kingdom of God is advancing and the Gospel is how it's happening. The message of the cross has the power to conquer rebels and make them willing subjects of the King.

Psalm 2 is God's "Vision Statement" for His world. The nations are rebelling and so He seats His Son on a throne and tells Him to ask for the nations as His inheritance. We're seeing Him grant that request in our day as the Gospel marches across the globe and captures men and women by grace.

It's our great privilege to play a part in this exciting movement. Our Father has taken us into His confidence and made us partners with real power by teaching us to pray for the advance of His kingdom.

Insight: "For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves" (Colossians 1:13).

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