The Kingdom of God is Within You

““He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” Matthew 11:15

^“"After that, the Word of God came to me: 'Zerubbabel started rebuilding this temple and he will complete it. That will be your confirmation that God-of-the-angel-Armies sent me to you. Does anyone dare despise this day of small beginnings? They'll change their tune when they see Zerubbabel setting the last stone in place!'" Zechariah 4:10, (MSG)

There's a phrase that a lot of us quote from that scripture: "Don't despise small beginnings." God knows what He's talking about. In this series on the Kingdom, we've been learning the many benefits of stepping out of the shallow end of the pool and going out into the deep, where deep has called us (Psalm 42:7). God has big plans for those who want the Kingdom, but did you know that you could already have the Kingdom and not completely realize it?

Luke 17:20-21 is a profound scripture where Jesus reveals this truth: "Jesus drilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, 'The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, "Look here!" or, "There it is!" And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you,'" (MSG)

The Kingdom of God is in you. But just like a woman who's been impregnated and not know right off the bat she's pregnant until evidence is seen, so is it for those who have the seed of the Kingdom within. Fruit doesn't come overnight. You must have revelation.

One of the greatest deterrents of God's people recognizing the Kingdom they have within is opposition from the enemy. Remember, the thief come to steal, kill and destroy…Jesus came to give you life seeds (John 10:10). The enemy's job is to deceive you just as he did the Adams and make you believe that God is withholding from you, when really you have everything you'll ever need already inside you. The enemy's job is to deceive you into believing that your circumstance is real, when the truth is what God said is real! What you see is temporal…it's not even a reality for you. But what you don't see is eternal. Ask God to open your spiritual eyes so you can see that there's more for you than against you (2 Kings 16:6)

The seed is the Word of God, and the ground is our heart that the seed is sown in. In Luke 4:8-18, Jesus gave the parable of the seed. If you can grasp what Christ was saying there, you'll understand the importance of guarding your seeds. You guard what's valuable. Seed takes time to grow. Don't believe the enemy when he tells you you should've been an overnight success. The just shall live by faith (Hebrews 10:38). Jesus is the Word, but God started Him as a seed. The seed came from God Himself, but it still had to grow. It took years before the Word matured, but the process doesn't change the identity of the seed…He was Jesus as an embryo, and He was Jesus as a full-grown man.

Pray and ask God to give you an understanding heart before you hear or study the Word so it can produce in you Kingdom evidence. If the seed was good and the ground was good, there's going to be evidence. If you believe this, take heart and don't despise your small beginnings.



In His Service,

Dr. Frankie H. Young, Apostle