And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. – 2 Corinthians 3:15-18
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A few weeks ago, we started to share on the concept of activating “Kingdom DNA” in the context of the market place. We saw in Genesis 1-3 that God created us with a Kingdom DNA designed to reflect the likeness of Christ in a place where He called us to be “fruitful and multiply” – in the market place. It seems that when Adam and Eve chose disobedience, sin inhibited creation’s Kingdom DNA which resulted in pain, fruitlessness, decay, and separation from God. Those inhibited genetics, some of them perhaps expressed as “junk DNA” today, propagated to all subsequent generations of creation, severely impairing our ability to fully reflect Christ’s likeness.
The shedding of Christ’s blood, His death, and resurrection, brought about the great reversal. Because of His sacrifice, we can once again be “transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory” – we can activate the Kingdom DNA that exists in us but has been inhibited in the bondage of sin. We believe that one of the roles of market place pastors is to bring activation of Kingdom DNAs, from individuals to company departments to enterprises to industries to economic systems. The expression of Kingdom DNAs will transform these places into an ever-increasing likeness of Christ’s glory.
Our recent “market place pastor” experience with Tony Wear’s design team gave us a first glimpse of what activating Kingdom DNA may look like. We came to realize that all people are created in Christ’s image and have their destiny stories coded in their Kingdom DNA – Psalm 139:16. Therefore, our job to transform the company processes and culture lies in activating what God has already placed in people, no matter how distant they may seem to be from the Lord.
We learned that activating Kingdom DNA will come through:
- Operating in the “faith of the mustard seed”;
- “Washing” the people, company, and their processes through God’s word;
- Prophetic messages speaking into the destinies of individuals and organizations;
- Exercising our market place competencies in the Spirit’s power, thus providing clear benefits to the company’s business operations;
- Overcoming doubt and pride, key elements that separated God from Adam and Eve, and have inhibited our Kingdom DNA.
We will expound on each of these ideas in the following weeks and hope that they will invigorate the market place pastors, or Kingdom consultants, called to activate a company’s Kingdom DNA. We believe this will play a key role in raising up Christ’s End-Time army, His Kingdom economy, for the great harvest.
In their desire to “activate Kingdom DNA”, the world’s companies pay thousands of dollars (USD) per day to groups like McKinsey for advice. This company, with the leading global brand in management consulting, just had their former head convicted of criminal charges. This speaks volume into the thirst the world has for God’s living water to activate their Kingdom DNA. Only the church was given the “keys to the Kingdom of Heaven” – keys that can truly activate Kingdom DNA. This also speaks volumes on the opportunity today for market place pastors, the Kingdom consultants who, as wellsprings of living water, can bring unparalleled differentiation to activate Kingdom DNA.
Market Place Prayer
May God raise up market place pastors in the 10,500 to serve leaders who are seeking first God’s Kingdom and righteousness. May the Holy Spirit breathe onto them a vision and path to activate Kingdom DNA in companies that will become the foundation of the Kingdom economy.
