Walking out this Kingdom

What does it mean to me, a wife, a mother and pastor's wife to really walk out this Kingdom that God has called us to? What does it mean to you? What is required of us - all in different seasons, all dealing with different things?

For me, part of walking out this Kingdom, is sacrifice. Living life in laying it down.

What is the one thing you want more than anything? Are you prepared to be ok if God never provides it? Can you say to the Father, "I am yours my God, created for your purposes and your will. I give you every dream and desire and if they do not come to pass, I will still sing your praises, because of who you are.

"I believe that we can only do this if :

1) We have a real revelation of the cross and all that Jesus did for us, what it truly means to live redeemed because of the selfless actions of an innocent man for our benefit.

2) That we have intimate knowledge of a good Father who has good things for us.

Someone asked me the other day what it means to lay something down but not let go of the hope. Do we place our hope in the "thing" or do we place our hope in our Good Father. That is where our hope should be.

I truly believe that a lot of us walk around subtly believing that God owes us something. I believe that we walk around with "rights".

Well, we don't have any rights and we are not owed anything by God! We are HIS CREATIONS created for HIS PURPOSES. Is this not true Kingdom living? A people totally surrendered to HIS PURPOSES regardless of the cost to us?

To walk the walk of Jesus we surely have to be a people who have totally lain down what we consider to be owed to us. Is that not what He did?

What does God owe you? What have we been carrying around - it may be a physical thing, it may be emotional but we all have something we sometimes put onto God like He owes it to us! Well, He doesn't!

My heart is that I can be selfless and totally surrendered, especially emotionally. In marriage - how many times have I thought to myself: "I deserve an apology! He is in the wrong and I am not." What I would do to be at the place where I can be selfless in that situation.

I want to be about my God's business, the Kingdom, laying down my rights and what "I Deserve" from this life. I deserve NOTHING from this life. I am thankful that Jesus found me, saved me from myself and abundantly blessed me with Life and Joy and Peace and forgiveness.

Have we overlooked these blessings because we are too hung up about what we do not have?

We are nothing without our God. Let us be thankful, for what we have, for who God is. Let us pursue intimacy and holiness. Let us learn what it means to be totally surrendered. Let us be Kingdom people.