PROMISE #146 - MAY 26
Promise #146:
I will show you the mysteries of My kingdom.
Matthew 13:11 (WEB)
He answered them, “To you it is given to know
the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven,
but it is not given to them.
In today's passage of Scripture, Jesus tells His disciples that it was His Father's plan for them to know the mysteries of the kingdom. Jesus had just finished telling the crowds the parable of the sower and the seed, and then He took the time to explain to His beloved friends the meaning of this story.
Jesus did this because it wasn't His intention to keep His disciples in the dark. His desire (and His Father's desire) is always to deepen our level of revelation of the vastness of the kingdom in which we are called to live. He doesn't want us to be left in the dark, as we are called to be children of light!
It gives our Father great pleasure to give us His kingdom. (Luke 12:32) In John 5:19-20, Jesus made this statement... 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. (NIV)
Our God and Father loves to show us what He is doing through the Spirit that He has given us. May each of us experience a growing revelation of the mysteries of the wonderful kingdom of God in the days ahead, and with childlike awe and wonder, be completely amazed by our Dad's goodness.
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for your desire to reveal the mysteries of your kingdom to me through your indwelling Holy Spirit. I ask for a fresh revelation of what that means today since Jesus said that it is your great joy to give the kingdom to me. May faith rise up in my heart to believe and receive all you have in store for me in this wonderful day.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
I will show you the mysteries of My kingdom.
Matthew 13:11 (WEB)
He answered them, “To you it is given to know
the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven,
but it is not given to them.
In today's passage of Scripture, Jesus tells His disciples that it was His Father's plan for them to know the mysteries of the kingdom. Jesus had just finished telling the crowds the parable of the sower and the seed, and then He took the time to explain to His beloved friends the meaning of this story.
Jesus did this because it wasn't His intention to keep His disciples in the dark. His desire (and His Father's desire) is always to deepen our level of revelation of the vastness of the kingdom in which we are called to live. He doesn't want us to be left in the dark, as we are called to be children of light!
It gives our Father great pleasure to give us His kingdom. (Luke 12:32) In John 5:19-20, Jesus made this statement... 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. (NIV)
Our God and Father loves to show us what He is doing through the Spirit that He has given us. May each of us experience a growing revelation of the mysteries of the wonderful kingdom of God in the days ahead, and with childlike awe and wonder, be completely amazed by our Dad's goodness.
***
Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for your desire to reveal the mysteries of your kingdom to me through your indwelling Holy Spirit. I ask for a fresh revelation of what that means today since Jesus said that it is your great joy to give the kingdom to me. May faith rise up in my heart to believe and receive all you have in store for me in this wonderful day.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.