WE’RE HIS AGENTS FOR GLOBAL IMPACT
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end… (Isaiah 9:7).
The Church of Jesus Christ isn’t a mere organization or association of worshippers. It’s God’s agency for executing His will and agenda across the nations. The Church is the pillar and ground of Truth (1 Timothy 3:15). Everything God wants to do in a nation, He initiates through the Church, which is His body (Ephesians 1:22-23) and you’re a member of that body: “Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular” (1 Corinthians 12:27). This means you’re part of something global and
divine, something powerful, full of glory and dominion.
When Jesus said I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, He emphasized the dominion and supremacy of the Church over hell, Satan and the forces of darkness. God put all things under the feet of the Church: “And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all” (Ephesians 1:22-23). How glorious this is! Can you see why no one in the Church should be a weakling or live as a victim? We’re the expressions of His reality, of His fullness, His grace, glory, Kingdom, power and personality. Glory to God!
We hold the keys. We carry His divine presence and authority. Through the Church, God enforces righteousness in the earth and unveils His manifold wisdom to angelic beings and principalities: “To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God” (Ephesians 3:10).
Take your place in the Church; contribute to its growth, strength and expansion. Ephesians 4:16 (NIV) says, “From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” Participate actively in soul-winning. Think impact; be effectual for Christ in your world, for He wants to change the world through you.
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for placing me in the Body of Christ to be a vital part of your strategy for global transformation. I take my place, functioning effectively and contributing to the expansion of your work on earth, enforcing your righteousness in the earth and impacting the world with your glory and presence, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
If you’re blessed by this devotional, believing every words you heard by faith in your heart, and would love to make Jesus the lord of your life, then speak the confessions below out loud, and mean them with your heart:
“O Lord God, I believe with all my heart in Jesus Christ, Son of the living God. I believe He died for me and God raised Him from the dead. I believe He’s alive today. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from this day. Through Him and in His Name, I have eternal life; I’m born again. Thank you Lord, for saving my soul! I’m now a child of God. Hallelujah!”
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Message by Rev. Chris Oyakhilome Dsc. Dsc. DD.
FURTHER STUDY:
Matthew 16:18–19 (KJV)
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Ephesians 1:17–22 (KJV)
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Colossians 2:9–10 (KJV)
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Revelation 12 &
Micah 6-7
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Acts 2:1-13 &
2 Chronicles 34
