After completing our vision series understanding what God wants us to seek for the year we are now going to examine our lives. The year God instructed us to go H.A.R.D, Humble, Aware, Resilient, disciplined; now we look at every area of our lives and go HARD. To continue growing to be the church and Kingdom citizens God has called us to be we must continue habitually in his word and truly commit to holiness and sanctification. We must understand the battle between good and evil, demons and angels, sin and righteousness, Satan's culture vs Christ Kingdom.
Culture tells us be the man, there is a laundry list of things that qualify us as the man; how many women we have or have had, how much money we have, how much possessions we have, who has the hottest car, who is more physically strong, does our favorite sports team we advocate for win. There are a plethora of things that can gain you notoriety, but none of these things are what God has called us to be. We must go from the pursuit of being da man to a Kingdom Man. What is a Kingdom Man you ask? A Kingdom Man is one who draws down God's purposes for his life and those he is responsible for. A Kingdom Man is one who fully takes on his responsibility to have dominion, responsibility, ownership, over his divine purpose, wife, kids, church and community. A Kingdom Man is one who the devil fears because the devil knows he operates in a divine authority that lends him handicap. A Kingdom man is public with his faith, he is loud in his commitment to God, he knows and understands eternal things so he parallels his efforts, time, life and goals to accomplish heavenly purposes. Like a man wearing a Chief's jersey it’s easy to identify who a Kingdom Man stands for. Culture's goal is to make men weak by persuading them to identify with things superficial and temporal. Christ's goal is to make men come into their full potential and purpose when they align themselves with Him and taking on His power. Are you da man or a Kingdom Man? Though we may share the same DNA we have refused to be Kingdom minded but adopted cultures standards, you are not the father!
