Kingdom Of God
Devotions:
“Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17:21 KJV
The kingdom of God is the realm where the king, God, reigns. Our world is not ruled by God at this time. He gave the rulership to His man Adam and Adam turned it over to the enemy, Satan. But Jesus came to restore the kingdom to mankind under the rulership of God. Jesus did this by giving us the new birth inwhich the kingdom is born within us. When we are born again we accept the Lordship of Jesus. Becasuse we are in this kingdom we are in an intimate relationship with our Father on good terms.
We too often look for the kingdom outside of us. We do this when we are crying out for revival. but the revival is within us we just have to believe it and accept it. We have God's presence within us that never leaves us nor forsakes us.
We need to say, "God is inside of me." "His revival is in me!" "I walk in constant revival because God dwells in me and I cultivate my relationship with Him. "
In the book of Haggai 2 it says that there glory of the latter house would be greater than the glory of the former house. The former house is the house of Israel under the Old Covenant. The latter house is the New Covenant. We are that latter house and we should expect greater glory to be manifest through us.
“The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.” Haggai 2:9 KJV
Finally he says that there in that glorious latter house God would gave peace. The peace that God gives is wholeness, nothing lacking and nothing broken. By the glory of God in the latter house would come healing to His people.