Kingdom Debt Collectors

The concept plays in hand with the fact that Jesus both paid all of our debts with a king's ransom, and that he spent his life so that everything that was taken from us by being in debt to the enemy was to be collected by the angels of the Lord. Yet there are also certain debts we have to God, as He has embezzled certain things from the treasury of Heaven and stored them into us in secret. 

Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. 

I think this proverb captures the idea quite nicely, and as such a "matter" is not just an idea or a concept, but a real gem, a treasure that you can hold and interact with. It's also the word used for phrases, words. Words that God has spoken for, and about, His kings. Take into consideration that if Kings are glorified debt collectors, all we are really doing is discovering what we are in debt to our God for, and claiming it as our own as we discover who God says we are. However, rather than building anxiety and terror into us for being in debt, we discover that we can grow in awe and wonder at what God has created, and instead thank Him and stay in a place of gratitude as we unpack the things He's placed inside of us.

Let's take it a step further, collecting these debts is your kingdom, God-given, duty. Each of us has this one duty, yet there are many different mediums of which you will be able to find treasures God has embezzled. The medium of art, land, time, community, nature. There are so many things that God has hidden in every circle of society, and purposes to each of these gems that He has placed in them. Holy, good, and whole purposes that are ultimately fulfilling. There are also people designed to discover the different matters that God has placed in different places. I'm beginning to think that the church itself isn't supposed to be its own sphere of society, but that it is to be so integrated into the culture of the world that it is indistinguishable from the boundaries that we have around it today. Not to say that the people wouldn't need to be holy, but other than gems in the community that we're still discovering in the church, we need to understand that as the church we are to discover gems in every portion of the world and subdue it as we learn the principles and God-given purposes to each and every particle of the world around us. 

I used this language to make it a little mischievous on purpose. Mostly because it makes me laugh and I enjoy the sense of mystery behind it, and to me, God hasn't truly stolen from anyone, He just hid what He made from what He made. He has every legal liberty to do that, yet the embezzlement property would technically imply that He's stealing from Himself. That's a concept that you can expunge biblically, yet this is not the post for it. Look forward to the next one where that is talked about.

For now, take some time with the Lord, be silent before Him and enjoy His presence, Beloved.