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Greetings,
The government of God is not a government of godly or biblical principles whereby we are simply informed as to how to act or what to do in life. It is not merely an administration of Christian beliefs or values. The government of God is the Lordship of Jesus Christ in our lives. It is the manifest presence of Holy Spirit transforming our hearts and minds because we are a dwelling place of God. Instructions alone can never empower us to become a testimony of God in character, nature, way, power, or authority. We can never come to understanding of these things by godly information or godly laws.
2 Corinthians 3:15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Only the manifest presence of God in our lives transforms us from within. This is the government of God. Leaders assist by setting an example and serving to administrate an atmosphere and path by which the government of God can govern our lives. The kingdom of God is not merely a coming kingdom someday. It is a constantly coming kingdom within us that transforms our lives. The internal kingdom of God causes our kingdoms to manifest as kingdoms of our Lord and Christ. The Lordship of Jesus and the anointing of Christ in, with, and upon our lives empowers us to become a testimony of God’s kingdom to our world.
The Old Covenant served as a shadow of the good thing to come. The good thing to come was an administration of grace. The administration of grace is an administration of God’s manifest presence dwelling in us. It is an administration of God’s manifest presence working in and through us to be givers of life to our world.
When King David became king in Israel, something was missing from the Tabernacle of Witness. The ark of the covenant had been missing for twenty years. All of the ceremony of the tent was performed, but the manifest presence of God was not there. Forms of service, methods of ministry, or simply administrating what we believe to be the will of God is not enough. We must live with and be empowered by the manifest presence of God in our lives. King David knew that to be the king of Israel, a testimony of the kingdom of God upon the earth in shadow form, he had to have the manifest presence of God. He was not merely interested in returning the presence of God to a form of law that didn’t value God’s presence. He knew that to be king in Israel, every decision and act of his rule had to be made by the inspiration of God’s word and presence in his life. For this reason, King David sought to create a tent for God’s presence in Jerusalem and put the ark of God’s covenant there – 2 Sam. 6:1-15.
In the beginning days of David’s rule there was a form of godliness in the Tabernacle, but God was not there. RITUAL is not a substitute for the presence of God. King David, as the governor of the government of God in the earth, recognized that to lead God’s house he had to have the presence of God in his house. As leaders, we lead for, from, and with the presence of God in our lives. We lead others to live in this same way in their daily lives. Only the manifest presence of God in us, with us, and upon us can fully empower us to be the husbands, wives, dads, moms, grandpas, grandmas, friends, neighbors, and members of our community. It is true in the things of the spirit, and it is true for all the things in the natural. The fruit and the power of the Spirit comes from the presence of Holy Spirit in our lives.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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