
TODAY’S PROPHETIC NUMBERS
January 18, 2024 – 01/18/2025
1 – Unity
18 – Life More Abundantly (+) The Bondage of Sin (-)
CHOOSE LIFE ABUNDANT
Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. Mark 1:17-18 NKJV
In changing times, it is important for us to know what our priorities in life are. One priority is to know this important fact: Change is constant, but so is Jesus.
To illustrate the Kingdom principle, Jesus told the Parable of the Hidden Treasure. The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field. – Matthew 13:44
This dude is walking through the field and finds a gigantic monster, a treasure beyond his wildest dreams. He hides it in the field, goes home, and sells his little bitty, tiny piece of worthless property. Then, he buys a piece of property that everybody thinks is worthless because he, and no one else, knows what the treasure is. It’s a priority of values, right?
Some of us are too tied to the old piece of property. We have a long list of why we can’t sell out and get the new one. Maybe it has always been in your family and is tied to them. Maybe it doesn’t seem possible to move to a new place. You really need to consider taking one step further away from who you’ve always been and where you have always been and walk into Kingdom living.
Jesus gives another example in the Parable of the Pearl of Great Value.
Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it! – Matthew 13:45-46
Jesus is telling us what living in the Kingdom is like. These two parables are about discovery and selling out, about finding new faith and selling fully out to obtain it. It’s about coming into faith and giving up everything to obtain it.
It is also about coming into faith and being confronted with repentance. Everything about you going forward in the kingdom is about discovering Jesus in a whole new way. The Bible says we go from faith to faith to faith to faith.
How do you do that? You sell out for it. If you don’t sell out, you’ll stay in the place where you are. That’s what repentance is. Jesus is the one who saves us, but we’re the one who has to repent. It is either going to be real, or it’s not going to be real. How much do you value Him?
Declaration: I am thankful that Jesus invited me to come to Him. Nothing is more important than living in His Kingdom. I repent from hesitating or holding back; I am selling out to follow Him more closely than ever.
From Prophetic Teaching: Keep The Change
