Wisdom For The Day Devotional 22 September 2024 By Bishop Mike Okonkwo – The Kingdom Of God Is Within You
TOPIC: The Kingdom Of God Is Within You (TREM Devotional 22 September 2024)
“And when He was demanded of the Pharisees, when the Kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation. Neither shall they say, lo here! or, lo there! For behold, the Kingdom of God is within you. – Luke 17:20-21 (KJV)
MESSAGE:
The hindrances to manifesting God’s word and grace in our lives are time and matter, the things we feel and touch. We must understand that the Kingdom of God does not come by observation. It is not by looking. No! The kingdom of heaven is within you. “…Also, He has put eternity in their hearts…” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NKJV)
The day you made Jesus the Lord over your life, the Kingdom came into you. How does that benefit you? It simply means that you don’t wait until you reach heaven to manifest His glory because the Kingdom of Heaven rules here on earth. Anywhere you go, whether in the wilderness or in the desert, the Kingdom is within you. Therefore, you are bound to produce. You determine what happens here.
Since the kingdom is within you, there are no more limits. No more obstacles! No more hindrances. The Spirit world rules, governs, and controls this earthly realm. The Bible says in Hebrews 11:3 that the things that are made were not made from the things that do appear. The things you see today were made from something unseen. What made what we are seeing is in the Spirit. That is the word of God! His words are Spirit and Life. So, when you receive the word in your spirit, you are a loaded missile going somewhere to explode. When you receive the word in your spirit, no matter what it sounds, feels, and looks like in the natural, it should not bother you because the natural will submit to you.
The Kingdom is not by observation. It is within you. The eternal creates the natural. When you say I believe, when it does not look like it, you are on your way to creating what you believe.
FURTHER READING
Mark 1:14-15; Luke 10:1-9
DAILY BIBLE READING
Morning – Ecclesiastes 10-12; Evening – Galatians 1
Wisdom For The Day Devotional was Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.
