Read in Mark 10:42- Jesus relates another distinction that He wants to draw here in the same verse. Verse 42 says, ““But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, ‘You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority them.” That is kat-ek-oo-see-ad-zo from ex-oo-see-as, which is governmental authority. ‘All judicial authority, all governmental authority is given unto Me in heaven and earth. Go therefore and take My governmental authority and use it to bless people, use it to lift them up. Don’t use it to put them underneath you. That is how the world works, but that is not how My Family works.’ In God’s Family we take our God-imparted authority and we use it to bless others, to prefer them and to build them up. It is just the opposite in the world. No wonder God clearly told us that His ways are not our ways. What would church be like if this truth ignited and took root in us and everyone gladly accepted their position in the Kingdom. What impact would the church have on the world if we sought to please God and be wholehearted in our God-assignments instead of looking for personal advantage? What would church be like if we used that position and God-given authority to build each other up? We just might see the church transformed!
- Pray that during this year the law of the Lord which is perfect will convert your soul.
- Every time and in every instance, you will hear it, read it, speak it or meditate on it.
- Ask for a conversion of your soul especially in the areas where you have hitherto been resistance or lacking in understanding of God’s purposes for your life. Pray this for the church of Christ (Psalm 19:7).
- Ask that the Lord will move you from where you are to a place where you have never been before.
- Ask that there will be a supernatural leap in grace and supplication, in discernment, in prophetic unction, in the apostolic grace, in creativity, in wisdom, understanding, revelation, knowledge etc.