Kingdom Family
FAMILY.
When you think of the word family what feeling is evoked? For some, this word brings a smile to your face. For others, you may not have had a good experience with family. Abba wants to change every perspective we have in our lives and family is a big one. Pastor Tim made mention of family Sunday and Abba wants to go deeper in how He designed Kingdom family.
“Abba does something incredible. He puts you in family for them to confirm what He is already saying to you.” Pastor Tim
We will explore scripture today and see what He says about Kingdom family and why it is important. In Psalms 68, it says, “let them all rejoice in your presence and be carried away with gladness. Let them laugh and be radiant with joy! Let them sing their celebration-songs for the coming of the cloud rider whose name is Yah! To the fatherless he is a father. To the widow he is a champion friend. The lonely he makes part of a family.” Abba designed us to be together. No one wants to be alone. Loneliness changes who you are originally designed to be.
We have all heard the phrase, “do not forsake the assembly of one another.” This is what it says in Hebrews 10. “Discover creative ways to encourage others and to motivate them toward acts of compassion, doing beautiful works as expressions of love. This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together, as some have formed the habit of doing. In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward as we anticipate that day dawning.”
Kingdom family cultural is so important and it is vital to us here at The Wilderness Place. Hebrews gives us an example of what we are to do to establish this Kingdom lifestyle. We are to encourage one another, be compassionate and express love. We do this by coming together. Sharing with one another. One of the beautiful aspects of our family here at TWP is compassion for each other. The love that is between us. It doesn’t see color or class. We are all His beloved sons and daughters. When we miss coming together in person, whether it be on Sunday, Tuesday, dinner together, coffee together or however He is leading you- we miss an opportunity for the presence of Jesus to be established in lives and miracles to happen. He says, wherever two or more are gathered I am in the midst.
“Let the word of Christ live in you richly, flooding you with all wisdom. Apply the Scriptures as you teach and instruct one another with the Psalms, and with festive praises, and with prophetic songs given to you spontaneously by the Spirit, so sing to God with all your hearts! Let every activity of your lives and every word that comes from your lips be drenched with the beauty of our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One. And bring your constant praise to God the Father because of what Christ has done for you! Colossians 3:14
Festive praise and prophetic songs are given when we come together. Our lives are drenched in the beauty of Jesus. When we are established together in the atmosphere of praise, we can change the world around us. In our jobs, our families, in the grocery store, in the gym, at our children’s school. People changing because they encounter the Kingdom of God when they are around you starts with an established Kingdom family that you embrace. It takes us walking together to make a difference.
“It takes a grinding wheel to sharpen a blade, and so one person sharpens the character of another.” Proverbs 27:17
We need each other. If you are reading this and you feel like you don’t have that type of family our doors and hearts here at The Wilderness Place is always open to you. I encourage you to ask the Holy Spirit where your family is and let Him lead you. This walk is not meant to be done alone.
