Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Principles

1. Keys represent authority. If you possess a key to a place, it means you have authority in that place. Suppose your boss entrusts you with a key to the store or the office. By doing so, he shows not only that he trusts you but also that he has delegated a certain amount of authority to you. The key to your house means you have authority there. The key to your car gives you authority to drive whenever you want to. Christ says, “I am giving you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. I am giving you author ity in heaven, the same authority I have.” What an awe some gift! Few of us have done more than just scratch the surface in learning what this means. 2. Keys represent access. A key gives you instant access to everything that key opens. The secret is in knowing what the key opens. The keys of the Kingdom of Heaven give us immediate access to all the resources of heaven. But we have to know how to use them. So often we limit our selves by trusting or believing only in what we can see with our eyes or reason out with our minds. A Kingdom mind-set completely changes our perspective. When a pagan king sent his army to capture the Hebrew prophet Elisha, the prophet’s servant was terrified one morning to find the army surrounding the city. “Oh, my lord, what shall we do?” the servant asked. “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” And Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked (2 Kings 6:15b-18).

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