This is the new thing, the new creation Jesus has brought about. But if we do not call our old understanding obsolete, we cannot announce or enjoy the new thing.The Word of the Lord came to me yesterday and spoke to me about the new thing He is doing. We are part of something new. The new creation has already begun. The new world is already in existence. The new world order is already in operation. The Kingdom of God is a present reality althought it is a future fulfilment of all that has been promised.

We are not waiting for the new thing. We are in it. Everyone that truly believes in Jesus is already part of the new nation being established. We are tasting future things today.

The old concept of pining away for something is obsolete. The new world has begun - it is within the hearts of those who have believed to the salvation of their souls.

Preaching and singing that still projects all that is promised into the future and keep the carrot in front of people's noses to keep them running for Jesus are exhausting the spiritual energy of people who eventually want to give up in the race! Such preaching is described by Paul as condemnation: you are never good enough to enjoy what Christ obtained for you on the cross.
It is like owning a sweets shop and the children are not allowed to take any sweets!

Songs which always create nostalgia and longing for something that is already present deceive people and make them miserable, rather than content. Just pay attention to the words of a sermon or a song and ask, 'is this a present reality or is it putting things off into the sweet bye and bye again?'

For instance: most preachers will use the scripture in Matthew 11 that forceful men take the kingdom of God by force to tell you how hard you must work and how determined you should be to grab hold of the kingdom otherwise you will never get it! Self effort pleases ego.

They miss the revealed truth in that chapter where Jesus clearly indicated that the forceful and violent men was only required up to the time of John the Baptist. Because Jesus changed the whole deal when he came. He came and told everyone that the Kingdom of God is within and that it is the Father's good pleasure to give us the kingdom. Now why on earth, should you violently grab the kingdom form the hands of a loving heavenly Father who wants to give it to you? But ego says it wants to earn it!

Jesus changed the entire approach when he said, learn meekness and humility from me. But ego despises those concepts and prefers to carry on being forceful and violent because it pleases the flesh!

Well, there are those who are teachable and those who are not. Those who hear what the spirit is saying will hear and those who only listen to people who think the thoughts of human gospel will not hear. There are different gospels, but only one True Gospel! The results of the real Kingdom will be righteousness, peace and joy that the Holy Spirit gives in the hearts of believers.

The true reformation is not whether we dance in church or allow young people to wear jeans! It is a transformation within: it is discovering the kingdom within, Christ within the hope of glory. But while we are still violently and forcefully grabbing the kingdom by force, we do not understand the change of paradigm Jesus Christ came to bring!

This is the new thing, the new creation Jesus has brought about. But if we do not call our old understanding obsolete, we cannot announce or enjoy the new thing.

If any man is in Christ Jesus he is a new creature. Look how old the old things have become! Everything has become new!

May a new day dawn in your heart today as you meditate on these words!