Part 2

August 7-09

Could we say that Jesus spent His three years with the disciples showing them what the Father was like and giving them a taste of the Kingdom, heaven on earth…imparting destiny and illustrating for them how God imagined and intended for man to live on the earth?

I believe so! It was the riskiest of adventures born out of love. If there was no chance of failure it would not be said of Jesus that He was tempted in all points like us. But even more interesting is the risk he took with leaving the unfinished kingdom business in the hands of rookies, ordinary human earthlings like the disciples. He placed all of His hopes, dreams and aspirations in them and ultimately in you and me … the riskiest of ventures ever made. It was a venture like no other before or after… risk beyond measure. Paul say’s we are God’s field, His building, His workmanship. He calls us His holy temple and His inheritance. And he purchased us, invested every thing in us, paid with the blood of His Son. Talk about going out on a limb. What a purchase and what a price.

They were His dream team. They were to become his antidote for every thing wrong with this world and if Satan had any insight he would not have crucified the Lord of Glory because in so doing Jesus brought His dream into the realm of possibility, Something so completely absurd, illogical and impossible was now in the realm of possibility through His death and resurrection.

Every thing He shared in His last words was to prepare them for the change’s He was about to accomplish inside of them …. Beyond their wildest imaginations. No knots were tied, no plans were completed, no guarantees of safety, only some amazing thoughts and introductions to subjects that they were chosen to become a part of… His amazing plan was still in it’s formative stages. They were to be the key players in the plan of the ages. It was their story now and ultimately our story NOW.

Talk about confidence in your team. He was completely at ease with the team He had chosen and continues to be in His choice of each of us.

In the big heart of God there is a vacuum with your shape in it. We already know that there is a God shaped vacuum in your heart but before you became you, you were already in God’s heart. He dreamed you into existence. You are no accident. You were created in his likeness and after His image. You have incredible value to Him. I am getting ahead of the story.

The night he was betrayed He met with his disciples for dinner and a movie. He was trying to broach the subject of His leaving. John records ”Where I am going, you cannot come right now but you will follow after”. They were confused and grieving over His comment. Peter and the rest reaffirmed their commitment to Him. Peter boldly declared that he would die with Him if necessary and he meant it as he proved later in the garden when he drew his sword in the presence of armed soldiers. ( He was aiming for the throat and got the guy’s ear.) Jesus was clear “you can’t come with me, you don’t have the ability to follow me…you are incapable and I am OK with that, in fact Peter you will deny me three times before the cock crows….but don’t worry about it, do not let your heart be troubled and don’t be afraid because I am going to fix the problem. I am going to Fathers house. In his house are many abiding places. In fact if this were not the truth I would have told you. Peter I am going to prepare a place for you so that you can come and be with me where I am. It isn’t possible now but I am fixing this thing once and for all. There are many places in Fathers heart, one for each of my created son’s and daughters and tonight Peter I am preparing a unique place in Father’s heart with your name on it.” WOW.

And then, he begins an open ended discussion with them hinting at difficulties lurking in the future but completely confident that they were going to be OK, and better than OK.

In truth it was for their best he was leaving because if He did the helper, the Spirit of truth would come and take them to places that would have been near impossible for them to go.. (I am using the word near because only a few characters in history to date had come close, Enoch, Moses, David and a few others)

He talks about the Father, how in seeing Him they had seen the Father….that getting a good look at Him was the exact same thing as looking at the Father,

That out of this oneness with Him and His father they would be now able to see, do and live beyond the realm of possibility.

That the intimacy of the unique community of the Father Son and Holy Spirit was theirs to enjoy and that they would never be alone again no matter what they felt.

That Love was the language of heaven and heaven on earth and that they would learn to speak the language fluently.

That the Helper was the Spirit of truth. That truth is stronger than every feeling of fear, loneliness, despair and discouragement and is the over riding denominator of every circumstance

That Difficult times would come which could not effect their cheer because of what he was accomplishing and that nothing would be impossible to them.

That joy would be the side benefit of intimacy in their relationship

That the Holy Ghost, the good Ghost was now their helper and mentor and would continue his input by opening up the nature and likeness of God to them experimentally.

And that ultimately Jesus was praying for them, believing in them and would accomplish through them every thing that He had started in His brief three years of ministry.

All of this was just the beginning of their story and ultimately our story, yours and mine.

We have just begun the biggest adventure of all time.

A few years back I remember hearing of a girl who had just won 100 million dollars in the state lottery. When being interviewed she was asked what her plans were. She said that she was going to buy her and her family a brand new double wide.

We have an inheritance in Christ of which most of us have no comprehension. Eye has not seen nor ear heard the things that God has prepared for us. But he will reveal them to us by His Spirit. We have won the biggest of this world’s lotteries… Beyond your imagination. Let Jason give you a peek into the potential that is now yours as a son and daughter of God. The earth is groaning in travail awaiting your manifestation….your maturity…your growing up into Him in all things….your transformation.