Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. – Ephesians 5:25-27
Several weeks ago, we began a series on the 5 aspects of “activating Kingdom DNA” – striving to understand the role of today’s market place pastors. These aspects are:
- 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 concluded last week on the 1st aspect, “Operating in the ‘faith of the mustard seed’”, by seeing Christ model this principle for us when he saw the “tree” of the New Jerusalem through our Kingdom DNA in the “mustard seed”. That joy, that vision of His “Bride and Wife”, pressed Him forward to the road of the cross. In the same way, by seeing the potential of the Kingdom DNA in our realm of influence, this vision of joy will establish our resolve to take the road of the cross – a necessary path of sacrifice to see the activation of Kingdom DNA (Luke 9:23-27).
This week, we move onto the 2nd aspect: “Washing the people, company, and their processes through God’s word”. Simply put, this is to carry out the desire of Christ in Ephesians 5:25-27 – to cleanse, renew, and realign people to their Kingdom destinies by immersion in the truth of God’s word. People’s Kingdom DNA will activate in accordance to the level of their hearts’ and minds’ alignment to their Kingdom destiny. The more we come inline with our Kingdom destiny, the greater the activation of our potential (1 Corinthians 2:9).
At Tony Wear, we immersed the truth of God’s word into the organization through the theme of their product brand. Because Donald Wu, the CEO, has established the 2013 product brand theme as the “River of Water of Life”, he opened the door for God’s word to “wash” through the core of Tony Wear’s organization and business processes. Our initial step was to develop a Thematic Inspiration Book that provides the design team biblical insights into the “River of Water of Life”. It also brings a unified direction on design interpretation, affecting all aspects of garment style, store aesthetic, marketing messages, website, catalog, and promotional campaigns.
The following is an excerpt from the Thematic Inspiration Book that may provide a flavor of how the truth of God’s word is immersed into the hearts and minds of the design team:
“Life is governed by a complex web of “flows” – convoluted, interactive, organic, and dynamic. Cities light up with energy flow. Decisions and agreements are reached through information flow. Wealth creation happens with money flow. Art and innovation are discovered when creativity flow. People are served with product flow. Friends are made and partnerships developed in people flow. Great novels are strung together through word flow. Peace prospers when goodwill flows. Civilizations and culture are established around rivers – channels of water flow. Life is sustained in blood flow. Hope and salvation also came when Christ’s blood flowed.
Where there is life, there is flow. Without flow, life ceases.
An ancient Book of Wisdom, the Bible, also speaks of a “flow” – a force, a movement of water, the living water, originating from our Creator called “The River of Life”. This is the flow that sustains all life and its surrounding web of “flows”. The Book tells us that this flow carries authority and brings change that all other “flows” of life must submit to. The water that flows from the River of Life also brings healing, cleansing, and sustenance for individuals as well as for societies. When we connect to this flow, we also forever quench that thirst innate in all people – the thirst for purpose and self-significance. We come to know our created purpose and become elevated in authority and capability to fulfill that. We, in turn, become a conduit for that Living Water.”
Next week, we will recount a bit of our experiences in delivering this Thematic Inspiration Book to Tony Wear’s design team. We will share on how that training and individual ministry activated a start in the expression of Tony Wear’s Kingdom DNA – the transformation of the company culture to reflect the New Jerusalem.
Market Place Meditation and Prayer
- What are the “doors” I can open in my market place sphere of influence to bring in the “washing” with God’s word?
- What biblical themes I can connect to the various aspects of my company’s business processes?
Lord, open our eyes to your passion and zeal to “cleanse and wash” Your people into a spotless and radiant Bride. Grant us a deeper understanding of your Bride and Wife, the New Jerusalem, your ultimate desire in market place expression.
