Although I’ve heard of the “Kingdom”, I never really knew or contemplated what it meant in my life. As a younger person, it was this lofty place with fluffy clouds where everyone’s pet survives the trip to heaven and we all have swimming pools in our backyards. Kinda silly I know, but I bring it up because my view of the Kingdom is radically different and for the first time in my life I have acknowledged what I have seen as Kingdom on earth.
“Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on EARTH as it is in Heaven”
The whisper within our hearts that cries for something more truly does exist. It is this voice that says that there is something greater, that these amazing stories in the Bible are not just stories. If I honestly believe that God is God, then it must exist and for the first time I’ve tasted what it’s like on earth.
The Holy Spirit made himself known in a vibrant way to me this week, a way that I had never known. During training camp, there was a talk of the Holy Spirit and his empowering presence that equips you to do things that only he can do. It’s more of an awakening than him just showing up because he is and has always been present. And this week he brought life into what previously felt like lifeless bones.
As I was worshiping and praying in the Spirit, Jake (the logistics coordinator for the World Race), laid his hands on me and began praying and prophesying over me. All at once, an immediate rush swept over my body, and I sensed the Spirit’s presence in a refreshing way. The next thing I knew, I was on the ground with thoughts running through my head of other racers. Three racers came to my mind specifically. I knew that I was supposed to minister to them. During the time where people were receiving an impartation of the Holy Spirit, I immediately went to these three men. I felt this new anointing resting on my shoulders and I proceeded with confidence during the ministry time. Bear in mind, I have NEVER experienced ANY of this for myself. As I prayed and spoke life over each of these men, the Holy Spirit moved and each one of the them fell to the floor by the power of his presence. They were resting in his perfect peace. I continued to sit with each of them and speak what the Lord was speaking over each of them calling out their giftings and abilities, and ways that God would use them this year.
I cannot begin to explain how any of this happened, the Holy Spirit remains a mystery to me. But that is a comfort to me and not a hindrance because I know that it could only be God who could do these things. This was only a beginning, a taste as I stated previously.
Jake came up to me once again and laid hands on me. I then was overwhelmed with joy that is inexplicable and I was overcome by a peace. All of the stress of this past year, and the insecurities I’ve felt about my leadership abilities faded away and I was engulfed with a serenity that covered me from head to toe. Again, something that I cannot explain.
All of these instances confirm that God moves. I may not understand them completely, but I embrace the realization that the Kingdom is at work. His Kingdom moves through me and through the authority of his Holy Spirit in me. That is Kingdom. Taking ground with every step I take because it is within me.
Kingdom, Come!
