"Christ's resurrection is your resurrection too. This is why we are to yearn for all that is above, for that's where Christ sits enthroned at the place of all power, honor, and authority! Yes, feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm."

-Colossians 3:1-2 TPT

"He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ!"

-Ephesians 2:6 TPT

Fill your thoughts with heavenly realities! We aren't called to live from earth to heaven, but from heaven to earth. We have been resurrected with Christ! We are seated in the heavenly realm.

How this should transform our perspective! What things become insignificant in light of our position! As seated heirs, we are victorious over every plan of the enemy. We always have the answer.

I felt strongly that the enemy is trying extra hard right now to get people to step off their thrones.

He is trying to get us to look up instead of down.

Don't give in to the temptation of distractions! Keep your perspective aligned with heaven!

I saw the enemy whispering lies of condemnation, lies of religion, in the ears of the saints, bringing up things that have long ago been dealt with. Don't get stuck in the spiral of condemnation, religion, and self; rise up in your authority saint!

"Who then is left to condemn us? Certainly not Jesus, the Anointed One! For he gave his life for us, and even more than that, he has conquered death and is now risen, exalted, and enthroned by God at his right hand. So how could he possibly condemn us since he is continually praying for our triumph?" -Romans 8:34 (TPT)

These lies of condemnation and religion, these cycles of self, are such a distraction designed to keep you from exercising your God-given authority to obliterate the plans of the devil!

Resist and he will flee from you! (James 4:7)

We don't have time to get caught up in these distractions and miss out on the mission!

We are called to manifest the Kingdom of God on this earth. We have been given the keys! I hear the Lord sounding such a call to intercession. He is ready to release strategy and assignments! He's doing a new thing!

Ask Him what He's saying, let His voice be louder than the enemy or yours!

It's time to come out of those same old thought patterns, those same old lies, and distractions. It's time to move on to the exceedingly more than we could imagine that God has for us! (Ephesians 3:20)

It's time to rise up and stay in the heavenly realm. It's time to bring down the Kingdom!

February 16, 2022

-Jenny Johnson

Originally published February 16, 2022 @ jennyjohnson.net