Identity is key. Who do you believe you are? When
you know you are a son or daughter of the King of all kings, it changes your
life. Forever.
I have a stack of precious books that I call my “Bethel
books”. When Heaven Invades Earth by Bill Johnson, The Happy
Intercessor by Beni Johnson, and The Supernatural Ways of Royalty by
Kris Vallotton are in my venerable collection. They are books to read and
re-read. They are books to share and to make sure you get back. They are books
to quote from!
“The promised land of princehood is filled with the Father’s blessings. He wants to lavish His love on us, pour out His blessings in us, and give more that we can contain. The Psalms put it best, “How blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth; the generation of the upright will be blessed (Ps. 112:1-3)…We become the person He [God] has called us to be when we meditate on the things of God and dream His dreams. The Psalmist wrote, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart” (Ps.37:4)..…Desire has two parts: “de” meaning “of” and “sire” meaning “to father”. When we delight ourselves in God, instead of hanging out in our past, He becomes the father, the sire of our dreams…We reproduce what we feast our thoughts on.” –Kris Vallotton, excerpts from The Supernatural Ways of Royalty
When we BELIEVE in Jesus and become followers of
Him, we call ourselves “Christians”. That means “little Christs.” When our
heavenly Father looks at us He sees the image of the Son He loves. Our daddy is
King and we are destined for greatness! The Bible tells us to meditate on the
truth. “As a man thinks in his heart, so he is” Prov. 23:7. REMEMBER WHO YOU
ARE!
Great post, Jenna! I totally agree "Supernatural Ways of Royalties" also is one of the books that's shaped me the most. Getting who we are in Him is key to everything else. But theory is not enough. It's like Bill Johnson says: "We'll only reflect the nature of the world, we're most AWARE of." Meditating is what raises our awareness and only what we're aware of is what we'll reflect into this world.
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Daniel