One of the ultimate goals I believe for the Christian is maturing into a place of being a son of God, this applies to both genders. Notice I did not write being the Son of God, but being a son of God. Jesus is the Son of God who is to be worshiped, but when He came to the earth He showed us how to live as sons of God. He came as a Son and laid His divinity aside, and just like us He faced temptations, but did not yield to any of those temptations (HEB 4:15). Another difference is that Jesus consistently brought the Realm of the Kingdom in every situation that was inconsistent to Heaven’s reality. What do I mean by that?
JOHN 10:10 states that the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy, so that tells us that everywhere we see death, destruction, sickness, disease, poverty, torment, that is a mark that the enemy is at work in that area of a person’s life.
The call for us is to respond to the words of Jesus in Matt. 10:7-8 "And as you go, preach, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.", by being aware of the Kingdom that’s in us and around us, and effectively being able to release the kingdom to every place we see the enemy’s hand prints and undo those works.
Well the next question you may ask is how do we co-labor with the Lord and release His Kingdom? Jesus made a profound statement in John 5:19 "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner." I believe that this is one of the most important ways in releasing His Kingdom consistently. As we grow in our relationship with the Holy Spirit and are truly led by him, like it states in Rom 8:14, then as mature sons we will be able to hear what the Father is saying, cooperate with him and release his power to destroy the works of the enemy.
Let me give you an example, one late Thursday night I was in prayer before our Friday service. In this time of prayer, the Lord gave me a vision of a lady who looked a little over 40 years of age; she had her hand on her hip and seemed to be in a lot of pain. As I saw the vision the Lord told me that she had a bad hip problem and he wanted me to release that word the next day in our service. He told me as she responds, to just release a word of healing over her and that she would be healed. Well, the next day I did as the Lord told me and as I explained the vision, a lady seated in the last row stood up saying this vision was of her since she had terrible hip pain. As she responded, I was able to release a word of healing and she was instantly healed. Wow praise God, I have seen this happen countless times over the years.
As you pursue the Lord and fall in love with him, may you grow in your sonship, and out of a place of hearing His voice may you become a portal of heaven to the needy and broken people in your sphere of influence.
Aashish Anandani
