Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Concept #6

Elisha’s servant was frightened by what he saw around him, but he didn’t have a key. Elisha had a key, unlocked heaven, and brought down an angelic host to protect them. The prophet tapped into a principle that took him to a system that made that pagan army look like toy soldiers by comparison. When you have the keys of the Kingdom, you have no lack and no crisis because the King is greater than them all. Jesus said He would teach us to walk in that kind of authority, access, and confidence. 3. Keys represent ownership. Possession of a key gives you de facto ownership of whatever that key opens. Therefore, when you possess the keys of the Kingdom of heaven, you have ownership of heaven on earth. Jesus said, “ Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heav en, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven .” In other words, you own on earth whatever is going on in Heaven. This means that you should never judge how your life is going simply by your circum stances. Suppose you get laid off from your job. It would be easy to get scared and stressed out because you have a family and bills to pay and no money. That’s your circumstances. As a Kingdom citizen with the keys of the Kingdom, however, you have ownership of heav en on earth. You can be confident and even rejoice in the prospect of a bright future because you have a source of supply and provision that those outside the Kingdom cannot even conceive. So go have a prosperity party! The King is preparing to bless and prosper you from a completely unexpected direction. When you “own” the resources of the King, you are never destitute. 4. Keys represent control. If you possess the key to some thing, you control it. You control when it opens, when it closes, and who gets access to it. A key helps you control time. In other words, you decide whether to open it up at 8:00 or 10:00 or 6:00 or whenever. This gives you control

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