Understanding the born-again experience transforms lives through the lens of Kingdom citizenship. Just as wealthy nations guard their citizenship due to its spiritual privileges, God’s Kingdom offers unparalleled benefits to those translated from darkness to light. This blog explores how faith over time, rooted in the eternal realm, empowers believers to rise above limitations, activate covenant meal promises, and live victoriously through faith declarations and worship.
Embracing the Privileges of Kingdom Citizenship
The born-again experience is a game-changer, yet many fail to grasp its depth, missing the richness of Kingdom citizenship. Earthly citizenship, like in prosperous nations, comes with privileges—access to opportunities, security, and status. People strive for permanent residency or citizenship because it changes everything, even though they remain the same person. Similarly, Colossians 1:12-13 reveals God’s promise: “Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light, who has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.” This divine act qualifies the disqualified, granting access to the spiritual privileges of the Kingdom.
Unlike earthly citizenship, which often requires rigorous processes, God’s gift of salvation comes freely through Jesus’ sacrifice. This ease can lead to undervaluing Kingdom citizenship, as it lacks the struggle of earthly applications. Yet, this citizenship shifts believers into a realm where the Kingdom backs them fully. The greatest day in history is when you embrace Kingdom citizenship, translated from darkness to light, from death to life, calling for a celebration of this transformative reality.
Faith: The Force That Short-Circuits Time
Faith over time is a powerful principle. Hebrews 11:1 faith defines it: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith operates in the now, connecting believers to the eternal realm where God’s “I AM” nature reigns, free from past, present, or future constraints. Unlike hope, which waits on time, faith is the substance and evidence itself, with eyes to see and ears to hear in a different realm. It’s the new creation’s common sense, defying worldly logic.
Faith short-circuits time, like an electrical circuit bypassing the normal path. When faith intersects time, time’s laws bend because the law of faith is greater. Faith grows by hearing God’s Word, as each promise sparks vision—the evidence of things unseen. The more you hear, the more faith increases, adding weight to the substance until hopes materialize. This process mirrors magnetization of faith: just as iron becomes magnetic when exposed to an electric field, believers attract God’s promises by immersing themselves in His Word. Faith and patience are key, as Hebrews 6 illustrates through Abraham, who, after God swore by Himself, patiently endured to receive the promise. An oath, like a signed contract, ends disputes, ensuring God’s unchangeable counsel.
Faith also acts as a signal, attracting blessings. Proverbs 13:20 (Amplified) states, “A good man leaves an inheritance of moral stability and goodness to his children’s children, and the wealth of the sinner finds its way eventually into the hands of the righteous.” Abraham’s promise of a land flowing with milk and honey took 700 years to manifest, but faith ensured the wealth of the righteous found its way. Don’t fret when the wicked prosper—they’re unknowingly preparing blessings for God’s children. Faith is the chip that draws these promises, no matter where they are.
Time and Eternity: Rising Above Limitations
As children of light, believers wield power over time because light always rules over darkness. God created light before the sun, making it a force beyond time’s constraints. As the creator, God outside time manipulates it freely, moving to its front, back, or middle. Humans were designed to be God in time, ruling over it with access to eternity. But the fall subjected humanity to time’s limitations, turning life into a race against the clock—business, family, dreams, all under pressure.
In contrast, God’s I AM God nature exists in the eternal realm, where there’s only now. When Moses asked His name, God replied, “I AM sent you.” When the I AM enters time, miracles happen as time yields. Jesus exemplified this with Lazarus and Jairus’ daughter. Martha, bound by time, lamented Jesus’ delay, believing Lazarus would rise only in the future. Jesus declared, “I am the resurrection,” nullifying time’s grip. To Jairus, He said, “Fear not, only believe,” pulling him into the eternal now where delays don’t matter. Whether four days or 25 years late, faith makes time serve the I AM God.
Spiritual Principles and Realms: Unlocking God’s Promises
Three spiritual dimensions govern the Kingdom: faith, anointing, and glory. Faith and anointing depend on personal growth, but glory is God’s movement, independent of individual effort. Without mastering faith and anointing, God won’t entrust glory. The devil can’t stop God’s blessings but can blind believers, as Ephesians 4:17 warns against futility of mind, darkened understanding, ignorance, and blindness of heart, which alienate us from God’s zoe life. Overcoming ignorance is crucial—ignorance empowers sickness and poverty, but understanding Kingdom rights liberates.
The wealth of the righteous principle, rooted in Proverbs 13:20, shows God uses the wicked to prepare blessings for His children. Giants built cities for 700 years, but faith delivered them to the Israelites. The covenant meal, like communion, seals these promises. In ancient cultures, eating together confirmed covenants, as seen with Jacob, Laban, and Abraham’s divine visitors. Communion significance lies in Jesus becoming the lamb, sacrificing Himself to seal the covenant with His blood. By promise and oath—two immutable things—God ensures His counsel is unchangeable, giving believers confidence to claim their inheritance.
Practical Application: Living Faith in the Now
Renewing the mind with God’s Word sparks faith declarations, like confessing “I AM” truths that attract blessings. God is with you in every circumstance—pit, jail, throne, sickness, or breakthrough—because He never forsakes. Faith, not need or tears, pulls heaven’s power. The woman with the issue of blood touched Jesus, and her faith, not her need, drew healing. Faith comes by hearing, so guard what you hear. Elijah’s faith changed ravens’ nature to provide, and Israel’s faith transferred Egypt’s wealth overnight.
A king’s three strikes with a prophetic stick limited his victory due to lack of faith’s persistence. Celebrate before manifestation, as Abraham rejoiced for 25 years before Isaac’s birth. Celebrating faith makes time serve you, turning promises into reality.
Faith Vs. Time