“Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” – Matthew 6:10
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” – Matthew 16:19
“Then Jesus came to them and said, ’All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.’” – Matthew 28:18
“And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.” – Ephesians 1:9-10
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. – Colossians 1:19-20
What is a common theme that weaves through all these verses? All of them speak of an essential element in God’s Kingdom agenda: the connection between heaven and earth. Grasping this principle will help us to properly steward our market place assets, whether it’s our finances, career, or enterprise.
Revelation 11:15 says that Christ will take over the world’s kingdoms when He returns. In other words, when Christ returns with His heavenly armada, He is not going to “burn” the earth and its physical assets. But rather, He will apportion to us responsibilities over Kingdom assets according to our faithfulness (Luke 19:11-27, Revelation 3:21, 5:10). Christ’s agenda is to bring His heavenly governance into our stewardship over His earthly Kingdom – bringing together heaven and earth under one head.
Grasping this perspective makes a night and day difference in the way we steward our careers and enterprises for Christ’s Kingdom agenda. We will share more on this next week.
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I also recommend this message from two weeks ago entitled “Testing and Preparation – Keys to Realizing God’s Power”.
