Activate and Pursue
July 26, 2015
Amazing Life Church
Dominion and Vision Series Five
“Activate and Pursue”
Greet people
This week when I began to study for this message I
found myself having difficulty narrowing down the
passages needed to continue on in this series. I have so
many places to go and points to make as we move
forward. In four messages I have done my best to relate
the Kingdom of God and it’s importance in our daily
lives. It’s importance to us is crucial in being what we
have been created to be.
As I prayed the Holy Spirit shared with me two words
and one course to follow. The two words are activate
and pursue. The course to follow Is Jesus.
I believe that God wants us to begin to put some
Kingdom Principles into action in our lives.
If you will remember I likened following Jesus with
getting a gift that needs assembly. You have the gift in
it’s entirety but it is not effective when unassembled.Page 2
We have had four weeks of instruction. The knowledge
is there and the purpose is defined. Now it is time to
activate the gifts.
The word activate is defined this way, “to make
something active or operative, to set in motion.”
The key to activate your gifts and your Kingdom
authority is found in one word. Faith
There are a lot of modern definitions of faith and I
found one I loved.
“a conviction of the truth of certain doctrines of
religion, esp when this is not based on reason.”
Hebrews 11:1-2 Amplified
1 Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title
deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of
things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality
[faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the
senses].
2 For by [faith—trust and holy fervor born of faith] the
men of old had divine testimony borne to them and
obtained a good report.
This is a very simple process that has a distinct
beginning in our lives.Page 3
To save time I want to read again from the Amplified
Bible.
John 1:12-13 Amplified
12 But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He
gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become
the children of God, that is, to those who believe in
(adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name—
13 Who owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will
of the flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of
man [that of a natural father], but to God. [They are
born of God!]
Paul confirmed this again.
2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature;
the old things passed away; behold, new things have
come.
The word creature is amazing. It implies a new species
which would seem to be what the passages in John are
describing. The word from the Greek actually means,
the act of creating. It implies process. The root word
means to completely change or transform.
Preach-Now that you are activatedPage 4
Now that the Kingdom principles are activated in our
hearts there comes the second word God spoke to me.
Pursue.
Once faith is activated then we must pursue. Pursue
today means, to follow in an effort to overtake or
capture.
Psalms 34:13-14 NASB
13 Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from
speaking deceit.
14 Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and
pursue it.
Peace comes from the Hebrew word, shaw-lome’. It has
a very broad meaning which includes, “completeness,
soundness, safety, welfare, health, prosperity, quiet
tranquility, and contentment.”
The word seek comes from a Hebrew word which
means, “require and desire.” The word pursue
translated means, “to pursue ardently and aim eagerly
to secure.”
Preach Preach PreachPage 5
Peter echoed this same charge in his first letter.
1 Peter 3:10-11 NASB
10 For, “T HE ONE WHO DESIRES LIFE , TO LOVE AND SEE
GOOD DAYS ,
M UST KEEP HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL AND HIS LIPS FROM
SPEAKING DECEIT .
11 “H E MUST TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD ;
H E MUST SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT .
Seek, strive after, to crave. Pursue, “to pursue, to seek
after eagerly, earnestly, and endeavor to acquire.”
I love the word peace. It is translated from the Greek
word, i-ray’-nay, and it means, harmony, security,
safety, and prosperity. It also implies this regarding
Christianity. “So sure of your salvation that you fear
nothing from God!!!”
Preach Preach-relationship, gifts, callings, destiny,
purpose, is still all for His glory and honor.
In Matthew the 6 th chapter Jesus is preaching a short
sermon. It is all about the things we worry about every
day. Food, water, clothes, and how God loves us and
wants to supply our every need.Page 6
He then says this.
Matthew 6:32-33 NASB
32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for
your heavenly Father knows that you need all these
things.
33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,
and all these things will be added to you.
Seek, strive after, to crave. Kingdom, royal power,
kingship, dominion, and rule. the royal power and
dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah’s
kingdom.
So what about the word righteousness? It comes from
the Greek word, dik-ah-yos-oo’-nay, and it means
broadly, “the state of him who is as he ought to be.”
It also has a more expansive meaning. It means, “virtue,
purity of life, correctness in thinking, feeling, and
acting.”
Like Him Like Him
Preach-”thinking, feeling, and acting.” Like Him
Pray for gifts and dreams. Next week all about Jesus!