OUR POSITION 

Pr. Geoffrey Kibombo

Romans 8:19 (NKJV) - ”For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.”

Most Christians have not discovered who they are in God according to the word of God, they do not realise who they are in Christ. Our ignorance of not knowing who we are in Christ blinds the ability to stand in our rightful places. Failure to realise what we are in Christ causes a lot of damage to the people around us and those who look up to us. Many people may not have suffered the corruption, evil practices and all kinds of wickedness if Christians were to take up their rightful places or acquired the rightful qualifications to take up places of authority.

We need to discover who we are in Christ and take actions to become what the bible speaks of us. Jesus was able to discover what was written about him in the scriptures. Luke 4:17-18 says; “And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written. 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised"

In 2 Chronicles 20:17, Josephat received these instructions. "You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you…………....” In a dire situation or during tough times God may instruct you to pray and stand still or praise depending on His will. For you to see God, you have to stand in the rightful place.

The bible says that upon this rock - Revelation, I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. We need to seek for the revelation in the word of God and take up all the promises that were written about us.

Exodus 23:29-30 - “I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land”. Until Christians attain the necessary qualifications and skills, they won’t take up influential-responsible positions. We are meant to work in places where there is bribery, corruption, segregation bad treatment and all sort of bad practices so that we bring fundamental change and ensure availability of genuine services to the masses.

Creatures around us suffer because we haven’t realized the revelation and are ignorant of our positions. We are a source of dependence to other people. The well-being of one born-again Christian benefits a lot of people around him. We are that mustard seed that after God has elevated and blessed you, you benefit and impact a lot of people. Mathew 13:31 (NKJV) – “…………The Kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.”

Our children will continue to suffer until we realize what the scriptures says about them (Isaiah 54:13 (NIV) – “All your children will be taught of the lord and great will be their peace.”) and know that God is in control of their destiny.

The creatures groan with us to receive a revelation of our blessing so that they can inherit their promises. After receiving the revelation the creatures around us will stop groaning.