Backing Up

I've not been writing much lately. It's not that I've been dry, but the word in my head has been so strong that I really didn't want to see it written. It sometimes even offends my own spirit.

With going full bore into Kingdom stuff for a while, it's easy to get pulled into the immense scope and responsibility of walking as Jesus walked. But there are some fundamentals that require attention.

The Kingdom is about giving what you have. "Silver and gold have I not, but what I have I give..." If you have no peace, you cannot impart peace. If you have no hope, then all you can impart is hopelessness.

Love is the fire that fuels the Kingdom and all Kingdom work. Without love, we are what? Perhaps the reason many have nothing to give is that they do not realize what they have been given. Not only do you have to have the gift, you must realize you have the gift.

It's like having a checking account and a bunch of checks. It's difficult to write checks to people if you do not know how much money you have in the bank.

As Christians, we've been shown much love. Scripture says:
1Jn 4:19 HNV(19) We love Him, because he first loved us.

I can write checks, because dad first wrote me one.

God has deposited something in our checking accounts and therefore we can write MANY checks. It's about giving away what we have. We tend to wander aimlessly, giving nothing, because we lose sight of what we have been given.

Does this tie in to forgiveness? I can't forgive because I've lost sight of what God has forgiven me?

Jesus said this of the harlot:Luk 7:47 HNV(47) Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."

Those who have need of little (a fallacy) receive little, and therefore give little away. This is 'not' Kingdom living.