Kingdom Works

It is so interesting to me how the Lord speaks to me these days and how I can see Kingdom truths that can come from some of the most unusual places like Sister Act, the movie. Like when Delores is talking with theabout the new rendition of Hail Holy Queen.
Reverend Mother:   Girl groups? Boogie woogie on the piano? What were you thinking?
Delores: I was thinkin' more like Vegas, y'know, get some butts in the seats.
Reverend Mother: And what next? Popcorn? Curtain calls? This is not a theater or a casino.
Delores: Yeah, but that's the problem. See, people like going to theaters, and they like going to casinos, but they don't like coming to church. Why? Because it's a drag. But we could change all that, see? We could pack this joint.
Reverend Mother: Through blasphemy? You have corrupted the entire choir!


I noticed that the Reverend Mother's reaction can be so much like others I have seen when it comes to change in the church and even though as Kingdom Ambassadors the is to do more than get butts in the seats that does have something to do with the commissioning of Jesus to the disciples, "Go ye." And Ye does mean Me and You. As that train of thought continued to move along I continued to examine my own reaction to the changes God has interrupted me with over the years and like the Reverend Mother I resisted, scrutinized, and sometimes downright disobeyed and ignored what he wanted to change or do.

We have been called to be Kingdom Ambassadors and that does mean change. Changing our way of life, our philosophies, our actions and reactions, and the way we live in this life. Change does not come easy I don't think it was suppose to but it is suppose to happen to live out that Great Commission. Living among people and giving, helping, and receiving from a world that our Father created and gave to us. As we do this we will begin to a life that we truly could not imagine. The next quote by the Reverend Mother sums up what this life as Kingdom Ambassadors can be.

Reverend Mother: "I hold you responsible for all of this. For introducing a lounge act into my convent. For utterly disrupting our lives and exposing us all to mortal danger.

Thank you." 

One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.  For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city."  Acts 18:9-10 (NIV) 

They are all around us all we have to do is listen.