BOUNDARIES EXPOSE FAKE FRIENDS

Romans chapter 12










Today we are walking in: BOUNDARIES EXPOSE FAKE FRIENDS













1 Chronicles 28:9




And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind H3824: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

























MIND













Today we look to the word-MIND-H3824 lebab--mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory















The Torah testifies...............







Genesis 23:8




And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind H3824 that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,




Leviticus 24:12




And they put him in ward, that the mind H3824 of the LORD might be shewed them.







Numbers 16:28

And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind H3824.



















The prophets proclaim..................




Isaiah 26:3




Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind H3824 is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.







Ezekiel 11:5




And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind H3824, every one of them.









Habakkuk 1:11




Then shall his mind H3824 change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.















The writings bear witness..........................







1 Chronicles 22:7




And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind H3824 to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:













Lamentations 3:21




This I recall to my mind H3824, therefore have I hope.







Job 34:33

Should it be according to thy mind H3824? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.















BOUNDARIES EXPOSE FAKE FRIENDS




My friends, listen to me very carefully because there is a crisis in the body of the Mashiach that is subtle, and anything subtle is dangerous. Many of Yahuah’s people are suffering not because the adversary is powerful, but because they are ignorant of Kingdom laws. You see, when you enter the Kingdom of Elohim, you do not enter a religion, you enter a government. And every government functions by principles. If you violate the principles, the principles will punish you, not because Elohim is angry, but because laws are automatic.




Now the first thing I want you to understand is this. Yahuah is not committed to your comfort. He is committed to your purpose. The greatest tragedy in life is not death. It is life without purpose. Because purpose is the original intent of the Creator. Whatever Yahuah makes, He makes it with an assignment. And therefore your relationships, your friendships, your circles, your connections, none of those are accidents. They are either aligned with purpose or they are opposed to purpose. There is no neutral ground in the Kingdom.




So here is the question. Why are so many believers surrounded by people and yet they are drained, confused, delayed, and frustrated? Why do you keep helping people and yet your own destiny seems stuck in traffic? The answer is not that you are too loving. The answer is that you are too accessible. You have allowed people to touch what Yahuah told you to protect. You have given covenant access to convenient relationships. And hear me, anyone who has uncontrolled access to you will eventually control you.




That is why the Scripture commands, guard your heart, for out of it flow the issues of life. Your heart is not a playground. It is the fountain of your future. If you do not guard the fountain, the stream of your life becomes polluted. And once your stream is polluted, your decisions become polluted. And once your decisions are polluted, your destiny becomes postponed.




Now many people think boundaries are a modern psychological idea. No. Boundaries are an ancient Kingdom concept. In fact, Elohim is the first one who established boundaries. The Scriptures say He separated the light from the darkness, and He divided the waters from the land. Separation is not hatred. Separation is order. And where there is no order, there can be no purpose.




That means if Yahuah is a Elohim of boundaries, then any believer who lives without boundaries is living unlike Elohim. Even Yahusha operated by boundaries. The Scripture says He often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. He did not heal everyone in every town. He did not answer every demand. He did not surrender His assignment to the pressure of the crowd. Why? Because purpose requires focus, and focus requires boundaries.




Let me say it another way. Your life is a product, and the Manufacturer wrote in your spirit the manual called purpose. Now if you use the product outside the manual, you call it abuse. And many of you are being abused emotionally, spiritually, and mentally, not because people are strong, but because you have not read the manual of your own purpose. You keep saying yes to things that Yahuah never authorized. And every unauthorized yes is a thief of destiny.




That is why Sha’ul says let every man prove his own work, and again he says let each one carry his own load. You are not called to carry everybody’s load. There is only one Savior, and you are not Him. Yahusha Ha’Mashiach did not die to make you everyone’s messiah. He died to restore you to your assignment.




So today I want to take you into a law that will change your life. There is one boundary Yahuah uses again and again to expose counterfeit friends. People who love your gift but hate your growth. Who enjoy your oil but resist your order. Who celebrate your usefulness but despise your prioritizing. And when you understand this boundary, you will stop bleeding in the name of love and start building in the name of purpose.




Because the Kingdom is not about being liked. The Kingdom is about being aligned. And alignment always reveals assignment. That is why the Scripture says, love your neighbor as yourself. You cannot love your neighbor properly if you keep abandoning yourself. Self-preservation is not selfishness. It is stewardship. You are Yahuah’s property, and Yahuah expects you to manage His property well.




If you catch this, you will discover that boundaries are not walls of bitterness. They are gates of wisdom. Gates open and close. They do not say, “I hate you.” They say, “I honor what Yahuah put in me too much to let you mishandle it.”




That is why some of you are about to experience a holy shift in your relationships. Not because you are becoming proud, but because you are becoming precise. Not because you are becoming cold, but because you are becoming Kingdom. And when you become Kingdom, you stop attracting parasites and you start attracting partners.




Now let’s go deeper, because if you do not understand the law, you will keep repeating the same pain thinking it is a personality issue when really it is a purpose issue. In the Kingdom of Elohim, people are never supposed to be your source. They are supposed to be your support. Yahuah alone is your source.




The moment you make people your source, you turn them into an idol and you turn yourself into a slave. That is why Yahuah says, “I am Yahuah your Elohim. You shall have no other mighty ones before Me.” Some of you read that and think it is talking about statues. No. Anything you fear losing more than Yahuah, anything you cannot say no to, anything that controls your peace, that thing is functioning as a mighty one in your life.




And Yahuah will not share His throne with your relationships. He loves you too much to let a human being replace His role.




So here is the Kingdom law. Your purpose must govern your relationships, not your relationships govern your purpose. Let me repeat that. Your purpose must govern your relationships.




Why? Because purpose is the Manufacturer’s intent. Before Yahuah gave you to anybody, He gave you to Himself. Before He connected you to a friend, He connected you to an assignment.




Yirmeyahu records Yahuah saying, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart. I ordained you.” Notice ordination came before association. Yahuah did not say, “I made you so you could keep everybody happy.” He said, “I made you for a destiny.”




That means relationships are supposed to serve destiny, not sabotage it.




Now understand something else. In a Kingdom, relationship is not primarily emotional. It is functional. That is why Yahusha called disciples, not fans. Fans love what you do. Disciples love what you are becoming. Fans clap at your miracles. Disciples submit to your message. Fans follow you for bread. Disciples follow you for transformation.




And Yahusha Ha’Mashiach demonstrated this law with frightening clarity. The Scriptures say many believed in Him when they saw the signs which He did, but Yahusha did not commit Himself to them because He knew what was in man. In other words, Yahusha loved everybody, but He did not give everybody access. He healed crowds, but He mentored twelve. He allowed seventy to witness power, but only three to witness intimacy. He was not being arrogant. He was being accurate, because destiny requires selective access.




So when you say everybody is my friend, you are confessing confusion. Because no one can be close to you without affecting you. The Scriptures say, he who walks with the wise will be wise, but a companion of fools will be destroyed. That is not poetry. That is policy. It means your environment is a silent instructor.




If you stay around people who do not respect purpose, their disrespect will eventually rewrite your priorities. That is why Sha’ul warned, do not be deceived, evil company corrupts good character. He did not say evil company destroys you immediately. He said it corrupts slowly, subtly, like poison in water. You do not taste poison right away. You feel fine for a while, and then one day you wake up and you do not recognize your own passion anymore.




Therefore, every person in your life is either one of two things, a divine connection or a demonic distraction. Please do not misunderstand me. I am not saying the person is a demon. I am saying their presence in your life can be used by darkness to pull you away from divine intent.




The adversary does not always attack you with sin. Sometimes he attacks you with sympathy. He sends you a needy person, a broken person, a dependent person. And because your heart is kind, you keep rescuing what Yahuah is trying to develop. And the adversary smiles because you are so busy doing good that you are ignoring what is Elohim.




And Yahusha said it plainly to Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things, but one thing is needed. Purpose is singular. Purpose is not a committee. Purpose is not a crowd. Purpose is a focused assignment.




Let us make it practical. If a person cannot function with your purpose, they will eventually fight your purpose. They may not fight it openly. They might fight it with guilt, with emotional manipulation, with accusations like, you have changed, you think you are better, you do not care anymore. They will use your kindness as a leash to pull you out of alignment.




But hear me. Any relationship that requires your disobedience to survive is a relationship Yahuah never authorized.




Abraham had to leave his father’s house to enter his promise. Yoseph had to be separated from his brothers to reach his throne. Ruth had to leave Moab to find her Boaz. Even Yahusha said a man’s enemies will be those of his own household. Meaning sometimes the greatest resistance to your purpose is not outside of you, it is around you.




So I am laying a foundation here. You do not choose friends by history. You choose friends by destiny. You do not hold on to people because they have been there. You hold on to people because they are going there. If they are not going where Yahuah is taking you, you cannot drag them without delaying yourself.




That is why Yahuah told Yisra’el, you have stayed long enough at this mountain. Some of you are at a relational mountain you have stayed at too long. Yahuah is saying move. But every time you try to move, you hear a voice saying, what about me? And Yahuah is saying, if you keep answering that voice, you will miss Mine.




This is why boundaries are not optional for Kingdom citizens. Boundaries are the infrastructure of purpose. Without them, your anointing leaks. Without them, your focus scatters. Without them, you become a public well with no cover. Everybody comes to draw, but nobody comes to protect the water.




Yet the Scriptures say, guard your heart, and again, keep yourself in the love of Elohim, and again, watch over your life and teaching closely. In other words, your life is a stewardship. And stewardship means management for the sake of purpose.




So in this Kingdom law of purpose and people, the first thing you must settle in your spirit is this. You belong to Yahuah before you belong to anybody. And your assignment must be protected above your approval.




Now, having laid that foundation, we must define the subject. Because in the Kingdom, you cannot defeat what you do not define. Ignorance is the most expensive bill you will ever pay.




So let us define fake friends from a Kingdom perspective. A fake friend is not necessarily someone who hates you. That is too easy. Sometimes your enemy is obvious, but deception is never obvious. A fake friend is someone who is present for your benefits but absent for your becoming. They are loyal to your value only while it serves their needs.




They do not relate to your purpose. They relate to your product. They do not love you. They love what comes through you. And the tragedy is because you are kind, you keep calling consumption connection.




Let me say it bluntly. Not everyone who sits at your table is eating with you. Some are studying you. Yahudah kissed Yahusha before he sold Him. So do not tell me a kiss is proof of covenant.




The Scriptures say the kisses of an enemy are deceitful, but faithful are the wounds of a friend. In other words, a real friend does not always flatter you. Sometimes they confront you, because covenant is committed to your future, not your feelings.




Fake friends, however, are committed to your function for them. They want you useful, not whole. They want you available, not aligned. They want the oil on your life, but they despise the order that protects your oil.




In the Kingdom, friendship is not built on sentiment first. It is built on assignment. When Dawid and Yonathan met, the Scriptures say Yonathan’s soul was knit to Dawid’s soul. Why? Because Yonathan recognized the call on Dawid’s life. He did not say, I like your personality. He said, I see your destiny.




That is Kingdom friendship, covenant around purpose.




But Sha’ul, Dawid’s fake friend, related to Dawid only as long as Dawid served Sha’ul’s insecurity. Sha’ul loved Dawid’s music when it calmed his torment, but the moment Dawid’s purpose threatened Sha’ul’s throne, Sha’ul picked up a spear. That is how a fake friend operates. They celebrate what you give, then attack what you become.




So here is a Kingdom indicator. A fake friend is uncomfortable with your growth. When you were broken, they were powerful. When you were confused, they were needed. When you had no boundaries, they had control. But the moment you start maturing, the moment you start saying, no, I need to pray about this, the moment you start guarding your peace, they interpret it as pride.




Why? Because your growth removes their access. And some people do not want you healed. They want you dependent. That is why the Scriptures warn, do not cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Yahusha was not insulting animals. He was teaching access levels. Pearls represent precious things, your vision, your vulnerability, your inner life. If you give pearls to someone who lacks spiritual value, they will eventually treat your destiny like dirt.




Now another thing. Fake friends are usually seasonal, but they pretend to be permanent. Qoheleth says to everything there is a season. There are people Yahuah assigns for a season to help you survive a stage. But if you keep a seasonal person into a permanent chapter, they become a burden.




Lot was assigned to Abram’s early journey, but Lot was not assigned to Abram’s promise. So Yahuah had to separate them. And the Scriptures say the land could not sustain them together. The land could not sustain them. Not because the land was small, but because the purpose was different. When purpose differs, proximity becomes warfare.




Some of you are fighting unnecessary wars because your circle is mixed with people whose purpose does not match your direction.




Fake friends also carry a particular spirit. Watch this. They withdraw without depositing. They keep taking your time, taking your counsel, taking your energy, taking your money, taking your compassion, but they never pour back into your spirit. The Scriptures call that a leech. Shelomoh said there are people crying give, give, and never saying I am here for you. They are spiritual parasites.




They do not come to build you. They come to drink you. They do not ask how is your soul. They ask what can you do for me. And because you have not yet regulated access, you keep giving until you are empty. Then you wonder why you feel anxious, unseen, and exhausted.




My friend, your exhaustion is not proof of ministry. It might be proof of manipulation.




Let me give you a simple Kingdom test. Who celebrates your boundaries? Real friends will say, I honor your rest. Fake friends will say, you are acting different. Real friends will say, I am glad you are protecting your purpose. Fake friends will say, so I guess you are too busy now.




Real friends are grateful for your person. Fake friends are entitled to your service. And entitlement is the language of a counterfeit relationship. Because love never demands access. Love requests it.




Even Yahuah does not force entry. The book of Revelation says, behold, I stand at the door and knock. A knock is a boundary. Yahuah Himself respects gates. He says, if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in. If the Almighty operates by invitation, why are you letting people operate by intrusion?




So please understand this. Fake friends are not defined by closeness. They are defined by alignment. They can be in your house and still be out of destiny. They can call you every day and still be a distraction.




And that is why the next part is critical. Because once you identify the counterfeit, you must know what boundary exposes them. And I am going to show you that Yahuah uses your boundary like a spotlight. When you turn it on, the roaches scatter.




Now here is the heart of the matter. And if you miss this, you will keep repeating cycles you were delivered from. The boundary Yahuah uses to expose counterfeit relationships is this. You must regulate access to your purpose. Write that down in your spirit. Regulate access to your purpose.




Meaning you do not give everyone the right to enter your inner world, your time, your vision, your process, your energy, your future. In the Kingdom, access is never a right. Access is a trust. And trust is always measured by alignment with assignment.




Let me teach you like a government teaches its citizens. In every nation, there are levels of access. You can be a tourist in a country and still not have the access a citizen has. And even as a citizen, you do not have access to the king’s private chambers. Why? Because government survives by order, and order is protected by boundaries.




The Kingdom of Yahuah is the same. Yahuah is a King. Kings do not run democracies. They run kingdoms. And in a kingdom, the King decides who gets access to what belongs to the King.




Now you are the King’s property. You are not your own. Sha’ul said you were bought with a price. That means you are not a public building. You are a sacred temple. And temples are not open markets.




So when you allow uncontrolled access to your life, you are violating divine protocol. You are letting people handle holy things casually. And Yahuah will not bless what you refuse to protect.




The Scriptures say guard your heart, because out of it flows everything that becomes your life. If your heart is the well of your destiny, then your boundary is the cover over that well. If you leave a well uncovered, anything can fall in, dirt, poison, dead animals. And then you wonder why the water tastes bitter.




Many believers are drinking bitter water today because they left their hearts uncovered.




Now let us be specific. Regulating access to purpose means you establish gates around four critical areas.




First, your time. Time is the currency of purpose. You do not spend time, you invest time. And anything you invest in must be approved by purpose. Yahusha said in effect, I must be about My Father’s business. He did not say, I must be about everybody’s emergencies.




He knew what He was sent to do. When people tried to pull Him into other agendas, He walked away. Not because He was rude, but because He was focused.




Second, your energy. Energy is the strength Yahuah gives you to execute assignment. If you waste energy on unauthorized people, you will have no strength for authorized work. That is why Yesha’yahu says, those who wait on Yahuah shall renew their strength.




Your strength is renewable only when it is submitted to the right source. If everybody is siphoning your strength, you will be tired even in prayer. And Yahuah never ordained tired prayer.




Third, your vision. Vision is the picture of your future. And Yoseph teaches us that vision must be protected from premature exposure. He told his brothers too early, and they tried to kill the dream.




Some of you keep sharing your vision with people who have no spiritual capacity to carry it. They smile in your face and stab your faith in private. Vision is seed. And seed does not need applause. Seed needs soil.




So you do not show seed to everybody. You bury seed. You nurture seed. You protect seed until it becomes fruit.




Fourth, your vulnerability. This one is heavy. Your inner life, your wounds, your fears, your weaknesses, those are not for casual conversation. The Scriptures say confess your faults one to another. Yes, but not to everyone. You do not confess to a crowd. You confess to covenant.




Because vulnerability in the wrong hands becomes a weapon. That is why Dawid said, even my close companion in whom I trusted has lifted his heel against me. Betrayal only works when access was unregulated.




So when you gate those four things, time, energy, vision, vulnerability, you activate divine discernment. And here is the key. The moment you regulate access, the counterfeit gets restless.




Fake friends do not hate you because you set a boundary. They hate you because the boundary exposes their motive. Now they must decide, do I love this person, or do I love what I get from this person?




Let me say it plainly. Boundaries are Yahuah’s X-ray machine for relationships. When you set a gate, you can see bones. You can see structure. You can see what is real.




And the person assigned to you will respect the gate. They will say, I honor your time. They will say, take your rest. They will say, I am here even when you cannot give.




But the person who came to consume you will get offended. They will call you selfish. They will say you have changed. They will accuse you of pride. Why? Because in their mind, your availability was their entitlement.




And watch this. Yahuah uses your no as a test. Shelomoh teaches that a friend loves at all times, not just convenient times. So when you say no, you reveal who loves you at all times.




When you stop financing their chaos, you reveal who valued your peace. When you stop carrying their burdens, you reveal who wanted a partner and who wanted a slave.




I remember a young woman in ministry. Let me call her Deborah. Deborah was the kindest person in the assembly. If you called her at midnight, she would answer. If you needed money, she would send it. If you needed prayer, she would drop everything. But after years of this, she came to me exhausted. She said, “I feel empty.” I said, “You are empty because you have become a public well.”




I asked her, “Who replenishes you?” She looked at me and cried. She could not name one person. So I said, “Your first assignment is not to be needed. Your first assignment is to obey.”




She began to set one boundary. She stopped answering calls during her prayer and study time. That one boundary shook her entire circle. Some people got angry. Some vanished. But a few remained quietly, faithfully. And she told me later, “When I got disciplined, the parasites left and the partners stayed.”




That is how Yahuah exposes counterfeit friends. So do not be afraid of the shaking that comes when you set this boundary. Shaking is revelation. Ivriym says Yahuah shakes what can be shaken so that what cannot be shaken may remain. In other words, if a relationship collapses because you protected your purpose, it was never built on covenant. It was built on convenience.




Let me conclude this part with the law. Purpose is your priority. And access to you must be a privilege. If you do not make access a privilege, people will make your destiny their playground.




You are Yahuah’s investment. You are heaven’s strategy in the earth. You are not common. Therefore, you must stop living commonly. Regulate access to your purpose and you will watch Yahuah reveal who is real.




Now I want you to see that what I am teaching you is not a personal preference. It is a scriptural pattern. The Kingdom of Yahuah is a system. Yahuah does nothing randomly. He is a God of design, and design always includes borders.




If you study the Scriptures from Bereshiyth to Chizayon, you will discover that whenever Yahuah establishes something valuable, He surrounds it with a boundary. Not to imprison it, but to preserve it. Boundaries are heaven’s way of protecting purpose from abuse.




Let us begin at the beginning. In Bereshiyth, the first act of Yahuah after creation was not to make more things. It was to separate things. He divided light from darkness. He separated waters from land. He distinguished day from night. Why? Because where there is no separation, there can be no order. And where there is no order, there can be no purpose.




Confusion is the absence of boundaries. So the first teacher of boundaries is Yahuah Himself.




Then He placed Adam in Eden, a perfect environment. And what did He do? He gave Adam a boundary. You may freely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat.




Why would a loving Elohim put a boundary in a perfect place? Because perfection without discipline is vulnerability. Eden was not destroyed by a storm. It was destroyed by a boundary violation. One conversation outside divine limits collapsed human destiny.




That tells you something. Boundaries are not small matters. Boundaries are the difference between protection and pain, between promise and postponement.




Look again at the Tabernacle, Yahuah’s template for spiritual access. It was not an open field. It had courts, an outer court, an inner court, the holy place, the most holy place. And not everyone could enter every level.




Why? Because intimacy is not democratic. Intimacy is earned by alignment. There were priests for one level, Leviyim for another, and only the High Priest for the holiest level, and even then only at appointed times.




That is not favoritism. That is order. Yahuah was teaching Yashar’el that access is sacred. If you give holy access to the unholy, you contaminate what is consecrated.




Even in the life of Yahusha, the pattern remains. He had boundaries around His time. He had boundaries around His circle. He had boundaries around His mission. He healed many, but there were towns where He did not perform mighty works because there was no belief. He did not beg places to receive Him. He did not chase people who rejected Him. He moved where purpose pulled Him.




That is a boundary.




Now why do boundaries reveal motives? Because boundaries expose why people are connected to you. When there is no boundary, everyone looks loyal. Loyalty is never tested. But the moment you establish a gate, the gate becomes a mirror. It reflects hearts.




Motives hide comfortably in unlimited access. But motives panic when access is regulated.




That is why when you start growing, some people start complaining. When you start focusing, some people start accusing. When you stop being available, some people start attacking. That is not because your boundary is wrong. It is because their motive is weak.




Here is the law. Any relationship offended by your obedience is not authorized by Yahuah.




When Yahuah told Abram, “Leave your country, your people, and your father’s house,” that was not just geography. That was separation for purpose. Abram could not become the father of many nations while staying in an environment that did not understand his assignment.




When Abram obeyed, destiny opened. If he had refused, destiny would have remained locked.




And then Yahuah tested Abram again through boundaries when He spoke about Yitschaq. Yahuah was not after the child. He was after priority. Every boundary is a test of what you love most.




Boundaries expose whether something is an idol or an instrument.




When you set boundaries with people, you are not trying to hurt them. You are discerning whether they are assigned to your destiny or attached to your comfort.




Look at Nechemyah. When he began rebuilding the wall, a boundary, the enemies became angry. Why? Because boundaries frustrate invaders. If there is no wall, the enemy walks in. But when a wall goes up, the enemy reveals himself.




Boundaries do not create enemies. They expose them.




So when you regulate access and people become offended, do not panic. You are not losing friends. You are losing fraud.




Yahusha said every branch that does not bear fruit is taken away. Sometimes Yahuah removes through distance. Sometimes through offense. Sometimes through your obedience to say no. But the purpose is always preservation of destiny.




Boundaries are Yahuah’s instrument of discernment. They separate covenant from convenience, assignment from attraction, destiny helpers from destiny hijackers.




And when you build boundaries, roles become clear, motives become visible, and peace becomes protected.




That is why the Scripture says, “Do not be unequally yoked together.” Many people only apply that to marriage, but it is a kingdom principle for life. A yoke is a tool that joins two animals so they can pull in the same direction. The principle is simple. Do not tie yourself to someone committed to a different direction. When direction is different, effort becomes warfare.




Some of you are exhausted not because the load is heavy, but because you are yoked to resistance. You are pulling purpose forward while someone else is pulling comfort backward. And every step feels like strain. That is not humility. That is misalignment.




So the scriptural pattern proves this. Boundaries are not optional. They are Yahuah’s method of protecting what He planted. And they reveal motives because they force hearts to answer questions they could hide from when access was unlimited.




Are you here for the King’s agenda in my life, or are you here for your own appetite?




Now because we are dealing with destiny, we must become discerning people. One of the greatest gifts of the Ruach HaQodesh is discernment. Not tongues. Not prophecy. Not signs. Discernment. Because if you cannot discern people, you will leak purpose into the wrong hands.




The Scripture says be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. That means gentle in heart but sharp in judgment. You do not have to be suspicious, but you must be selective.




So let me give you clear kingdom indicators that a person is not assigned to your destiny.




First sign. They only come to you when they need something. That is not relationship. That is extraction. Mishlei tells us the poor is hated even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends. That is not praise. That is exposure. Some people are not loyal to you. They are loyal to what they can get from you.




When you are useful, they are present. When you are weak, they are absent.




Second sign. They celebrate your giving but criticize your resting. They love your yes but resent your no. They call you humble when you are overextending, but selfish when you are recovering. That is not love. That is control.




Yahuah Himself rested. If rest is holy for Him, it is not sinful for you. Anyone who makes you feel guilty for protecting your health is trying to profit from your weakness.




Third sign. They support your past but sabotage your future. They love the version of you that stayed small. They remind you who you used to be because your growth threatens their comfort.




When Yashar’el left Mitsrayim, Pharaoh did not chase them because he loved them. He chased them because their freedom threatened his economy. Some people resist your growth because it removes their leverage.




Fourth sign. They want access without accountability. They want influence in your life but reject truth in their own. In the Kingdom, access and responsibility are inseparable. If someone demands access but refuses responsibility, they are not covenant. They are a parasite.




Fifth sign. They drain you and call it love. They dump their chaos on your peace and call you cold when you set limits. The Scripture says bear one another’s burdens, but it also says each person must carry their own load. There is a difference between helping and enabling.




If you keep carrying what someone else is responsible for, you interrupt Yahuah’s process in them.




Sixth sign. Your boundary reveals their anger. When you set a limit, they are not just disappointed. They are offended. Because entitlement was touched. A real friend may feel sad, but they will still honor your decision. A fake friend feels betrayed because they were relating to you as a resource, not a person.




Seventh sign. They compete with your calling. They smile publicly but contest your future privately. Qayin did not kill Hevel because of personal offense. He killed him because favor exposed laziness.




A person who cannot celebrate your rising is not safe near your destiny.




Eighth sign. They resist your growth because your growth removes their control. Love pushes you toward purpose. Anyone who needs you broken so they can feel needed is not assigned to you.




Iron sharpens iron. Rust corrodes.




Now hear this. Your destiny is too expensive for cheap relationships. Do not apologize for outgrowing people who refuse to grow with you. Enlargement requires restructuring. You cannot enlarge the tent and keep the same stakes.




Some of you are enlarging spiritually but trying to keep old relational stakes, and the tent keeps tearing. Yahuah is saying change the stakes.




So how do you respond when you see these signs? You do not become bitter. You become aligned. You do not curse people. You create distance. Separation is not rejection. It is preservation.




Yahusha loved Yahudah, but He never entrusted him. He discerned circles. And if the Mashiach discerned circles, you must as well.




They do not have to be evil to be wrong for you. They can be good people, but not God-people for your assignment.




Lot was not wicked, but he was still a weight. Demas was not a demon, but he was still a distraction.




So stop judging relationships by morality alone. Judge them by mission alignment.




When Yahuah cleanses your circle, the first emotion you will feel is grief. Because even wrong people can feel familiar. But you must love divine order more than emotional attachment.




Yahuah never subtracts without intending to multiply. When He allows people to leave, it is not to isolate you. It is to align you.




Loneliness is painful. Misalignment is deadly.




Circles are not social accessories. They are strategy. Your environment is your future in seed form.




Blessed is the man who does not walk in counsel, stand in paths, or sit in seats that distort purpose. Association deepens into identity.




You cannot fulfill a divine assignment with an unauthorized circle.




Destiny helpers build with you. Destiny hijackers benefit from you.




Boundaries expose hijackers so helpers can find you.




When God reduces a circle, it is often selection, not rejection.




Do not mourn exits Yahuah engineered. Do not chase people Yahuah exposed. Do not negotiate seasons He ended.




The smaller the circle, the purer the oil.




God is not trying to make you popular. He is trying to make you fruitful.




You were not born to be needed. You were born to be obedient.




And obedience always outlives popularity.




When you protect your purpose, Yahuah protects your peace. When you protect your peace, Yahuah multiplies your power. And when power aligns with purpose, your life becomes unstoppable in the Kingdom.




Remember this with clarity. You are not the source. Yahuah is the source. The moment you begin acting like the source, you step outside your assignment. And whenever you step outside your assignment, you step into anxiety, confusion, and depletion.




The Father never called you to be everyone’s rescuer. There is only one Savior, and His Name is Yahusha Ha’Mashiach. You were not called to save people from the consequences of their own choices. You were called to serve the purpose of Elohim where He planted you.




That is why the Scripture says it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. Faithful to what? Faithful to assignment. Not faithful to pressure. Not faithful to guilt. Not faithful to emotional demands. Faithful to Heaven’s instruction.




So hear the central truth again. The boundary Yahuah uses to expose counterfeit relationships is your decision to regulate access to your purpose, your time, your energy, your vision, and your vulnerability. Only those who respect your assignment are permitted into your inner life.




When you set that boundary, motives cannot hide. Parasites cannot pretend. Convenience cannot masquerade as covenant. Boundaries force every relationship to answer the Kingdom question: Are you here for the King’s agenda in my life, or are you here for your own appetite?




And hear this carefully. When people walk away because you obeyed Yahuah, they are not leaving you. They are leaving the version of you they could control. That is not loss. That is deliverance.




Yahusha said every plant which the Heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. If Yahuah did not plant the relationship, He will eventually remove it. Sometimes through boundaries. Sometimes through growth. Sometimes through silence. But He removes it because He loves your destiny too much to let weeds choke your harvest.




Do not fear separation. Separation is often preparation.




The Scripture says, “Come out from among them and be separate, and I will receive you.” Separation precedes reception. Many want the next level, but they are still entertaining unauthorized access. They are feeding what Yahuah is starving. They are watering what He is burying.




And the Ruach of Elohim is saying, if you honor My order, I will accelerate your future.




So hold this final law in your spirit. People assigned to your purpose will respect your boundaries. People attracted to your benefits will resent your boundaries.




Do not explain your gates to those who profit from your openness. Do not apologize for honoring what Yahuah placed in you. Do not feel guilty for choosing peace.




Peace is not luxury. Peace is a signal. Peace is evidence that you are walking in alignment.




Whenever your peace is stolen, Heaven is warning you that alignment is being threatened.




You owe it to Yahuah. You owe it to your future. You owe it to your own soul to protect what He placed in you. Purpose is the greatest gift Elohim ever gave you, and it is too sacred to be handled casually.




So walk forward with courage. Say no when Yahuah says no. Rest when He says rest. Withdraw when He says withdraw. Open only to those who honor your assignment.




And you will discover this truth. When you protect your purpose, Yahuah protects your peace. When you protect your peace, He multiplies your power. And when power aligns with purpose, your life becomes unstoppable in the Kingdom.




You were not born to be needed. You were born to be obedient. And obedience will always outlive popularity. Obedience will always produce fruit. Obedience will always bring the right people into your life at the right time.




That is the Kingdom way.

That is divine order.

SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM AND WATCH EVERYTHING ELSE ALIGN

Genesis chapter 1










Today we are walking in: SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM AND WATCH EVERYTHING ELSE ALIGN








Numbers 24:7




He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. BEMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 24:7 את CEPHER













KINGDOM







Today we look to the word-KINGDOM- H4467 mamlâkâh, (mam-law-kaw') -dominion, (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm):—kingdom, king's, reign, royal







The Torah testifies...............




Exodus 19:6




And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Yashar'el. SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 19:6 את CEPHER




Numbers 32:33




And Mosheh gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Re'uven, and unto half the tribe of Menashsheh the son of Yoceph, the kingdom of Ciychon king of the Emoriym, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. BEMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 32:33 את CEPHER




Deuteronomy 17:18




And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this Torah in a cepher out of that which is before the priests the Leviyiym: DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 17:18 את CEPHER










The prophets proclaim..................




1 Samuel 10:18




And said unto the children of Yashar'el, Thus says Yahuah Elohai of Yashar'el, I brought up Yashar'el out of Mitsrayim, and delivered you out of the hand of the Mitsriym, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: SHEMU'EL RI'SHON (1 SAMUEL) 10:18 את CEPHER







Isaiah 9:7




Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Yahuah Tseva'oth will perform this. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 9:7 את CEPHER










Jeremiah 18:9




And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; YIRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 18:9 את CEPHER



















The writings bear witness...........................







1 Kings 9:5




Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom upon Yashar'el forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Yashar'el. MELEKIYM RI'SHON (1 KINGS) 9:5 את CEPHER







1 Chronicles 17:11




And it shall come to pass, when your days be expired that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. DIVREI HAYAMIYM RI'SHON (1 CHRONICLES) 17:11 את CEPHER




Psalm 145:13




Your Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahuah is true in his word, and holy in all his works. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 145:13 את CEPHER














SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM AND WATCH EVERYTHING ELSE ALIGN




My friends, let me begin tonight with a statement that may disturb your comfort, but will deliver your future. Many of The Most High Yah’s people are sincere. They love Yahusha. They sing loudly. They pray often. They attend faithfully, yet they live confused, weak, and exhausted because they have been taught a religion to practice instead of a kingdom to live. You see, the greatest tragedy in life is not death. The greatest tragedy is life without purpose. AND THE GREATEST ENEMY OF PURPOSE IS misplaced priority.




Yahusha said in Mattithyahu 6:33 (Cepher), “Seek ye first the kingdom of Elohim and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” NOTICE, HE DID NOT SAY, “SEEK first the things.” HE DID NOT SAY, “SEEK FIRST THE BLESSING.” HE DID NOT SAY, “SEEK FIRST THE BREAKTHROUGH.” HE DID NOT SAY, “SEEK FIRST THE MIRACLE.” HE SAYS, “SEEK first the kingdom.” Why? BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU PUT FIRST GOVERNS EVERYTHING ELSE. WHATEVER YOU prioritize becomes your master. If you put money first, money governs your decisions. IF YOU PUT PEOPLE FIRST, PEOPLE GOVERN YOUR EMOTIONS. If you put your reputation first, your reputation governs your integrity. But if you PUT THE KINGDOM FIRST, THEN THE KING GOVERNS YOUR LIFE AND EVERYTHING ELSE FINDS ITS CORRECT POSITION.




THAT IS WHY Yahusha came. Not to start another denomination, not to build another religious club, not to give you a Sunday escape from Monday frustration, but to restore a government, a culture, a country called the kingdom of heaven and to bring you back into your original assignment on earth. The Bible says in Genesis that The Most High Yah created man in his image and likeness and then he said, “Let them have dominion.” Dominion is not a religious word. Dominion is a governmental word. It means to rule on behalf of the king. It means to represent heaven on earth.




SO WHEN Mashiach CAME, HE DID NOT COME MERELY to forgive your sins. He came to RESTORE YOUR CITIZENSHIP. HE came to give you back your authority. He came to return to you the right to think, live, and function as a son of a king. And I want to tell you very plainly, until the kingdom becomes first, your life will remain last. UNTIL THE KINGDOM BECOMES YOUR PRIORITY, YOUR POTENTIAL WILL stay buried. Until the kingdom becomes your pursuit, you will keep ASKING The Most High Yah TO BLESS, BUT YOU never submitted to him. SOME OF YOU ARE PRAYING FOR PROVISION BUT REFUSING PRIORITY. SOME OF YOU ARE ASKING for direction but REJECTING GOVERNMENT. SOME OF YOU WANT PEACE, BUT YOU DON’T WANT THE prince’s rule.




Yesha’yahu says, “Unto us a child is born, and the government shall be upon his shoulders.” Not the church government, not the world’s government, the government of heaven. AND WHERE IS THAT GOVERNMENT SUPPOSED TO MANIFEST? THROUGH CITIZENS, through you. So tonight, I’m not here to entertain you. I’m here to recover you. I’m here to remind you that the gospel is not about going to heaven when you die. The gospel is about heaven coming back to earth while you live.




Yahusha taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” That means earth is supposed to look like heaven because heaven has citizens in it. AND WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, YOU STOP LIVING LIKE A SERVANT BEGGING OUTSIDE THE palace and you start living like a son with keys to the kingdom. So I want you to prepare your MIND TONIGHT. LAY ASIDE the religious lenses that have limited your faith. Open your spirit TO THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE OF Mashiach. BECAUSE IF YOU GET THE KINGDOM RIGHT, EVERYTHING ELSE will line up behind it. Your marriage, your finances, your purpose, your influence, your peace, your future. The priority of your life determines the productivity of your destiny. Seek first the kingdom and watch the king take responsibility for everything that concerns you.




Now let me take YOU A LITTLE DEEPER BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, we will keep treating symptoms. The greatest misunderstanding in the body of Mashiach today is that we have assumed Christianity is the message of Yahusha. I want you to hear me carefully. Christianity is what we call our religion. The kingdom is what Yahusha CALLED HIS MESSAGE. There is a difference. A religion is man’s attempt to reach Elohim. A kingdom is Elohim’s return to man. Religion is earth searching for heaven. Kingdom is heaven invading earth. Religion is based on rituals, rules and traditions. Kingdom is based on relationship, righteousness and government.




THAT IS WHY Yahusha NEVER came preaching repent for Christianity is at hand. He preached repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. That is Mattithyahu 4:17 (Cepher). It is the first public announcement of Mashiach. And you don’t change your opening statement unless you don’t know what you came to say. So Yahusha knew exactly what he came to say. He said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of Elohim is at hand. Repent and believe the good news.” Marqus 1:15 (Cepher). The good news IS NOT THAT YOU CAN JOIN A CHURCH. THE GOOD NEWS IS NOT THAT YOU CAN ADOPT a label. The good news is that a government has returned. A king has come and citizens are being restored.




That is why he sent out the 12 and he commanded them as you go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Mattithyahu 10:7 (Cepher). HE DID NOT SAY PREACH THEIR DENOMINATION. HE DID NOT SAY PREACH THEIR SPIRITUAL GIFTS. HE DID NOT SAY PREACH THEIR PROSPERITY. HE SAID PREACH THE KINGDOM. WHY? Because the kingdom is the foundation for everything else. If you don’t know the kingdom, you will misunderstand salvation. You will misunderstand prayer. You will misunderstand prosperity. You will misunderstand holiness. You will misunderstand deliverance. You will WORK HARD IN CHURCH BUT LIVE powerless in life because you’re trying to live a kingdom reality with a religious mind.




Let me say THIS WAY. RELIGION FOCUSES ON GETTING YOU INTO HEAVEN. Kingdom focuses on getting heaven back into you. Religion is about preparation for the next world. Kingdom is about dominion in this world. And that is why so many believers are frustrated. They are waiting to die to be effective. They’re waiting to go to heaven to experience power. BUT Yahusha SAID, “ALL AUTHORITY IN heaven and on earth has been given UNTO ME. THEREFORE, GO.” Mattithyahu 28 (Cepher). He didn’t say wait. He didn’t say hide. He didn’t say retreat. HE SAID GO. BECAUSE AUTHORITY IS NOT RESERVED for the grave. Authority is for the earth. YOU WERE NOT saved to escape earth. You were saved to influence earth. You are not A RELIGIOUS REFUGEE. YOU ARE A KINGDOM AMBASSADOR.




Qorintiym Sheniy 5:20 (Cepher) says we are ambassadors for Mashiach as though Elohim were making his appeal through us. An ambassador does not represent a religion. An ambassador represents a government. You see, when you understand kingdom, you stop TRYING TO GO TO CHURCH AND YOU START learning how to live as a citizen. Church becomes the training center, not the destination. It become THE EMBASSY WHERE GOVERNMENT culture is taught, not a weekly event to soothe your guilt.




The tragedy is that many of us have built churches that produce good members but not effective citizens. We produce PEOPLE WHO CAN SHOUT BUT CANNOT GOVERN their temper. People who can quote verses but cannot lead their families. People who can pray loud but cannot manage their time. People who can dance in the sanctuary but cannot think like the king in the marketplace. WHY? BECAUSE WE TAUGHT THEM RELIGION. HOW TO BEHAVE IN A building rather than kingdom. How to represent the king in a territory.




And I want to tell you, religion will keep you busy but not fruitful. Religion will keep you comfortable but not powerful. Religion will teach you TO WAIT ON Elohim FOR WHAT Elohim IS WAITING ON YOU TO DO. BUT KINGDOM TEACHING WILL AWAKEN your assignment. IT WILL RESTORE YOUR IDENTITY. IT WILL GIVE YOU a frame for everything you claim to believe.




That is why Yahusha SAID IN Luqa 12:32 (Cepher), “FEAR NOT, little flock. It is your father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” He didn’t say, “Give you religion.” He didn’t say, “Give you a choir.” He didn’t say, “Give you a title.” HE SAID, “GIVE you the kingdom.” Because the kingdom is the inheritance of sons.




SO HEAR ME. YOU ARE NOT MERELY a believer trying to survive. You are A CITIZEN CALLED TO SERVE your generation. You are not here TO JUST BE FORGIVEN. YOU ARE HERE TO be restored to function. THE MESSAGE OF Yahusha IS NOT JUST come out of sin. The message of Yahusha is come back under the king. REPENTANCE IS NOT JUST FEELING SORRY. Repentance is changing your mind about who governs your life. THAT IS WHY HE SAID REPENT. CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK. BECAUSE IF YOUR THINKING DOES NOT CHANGE, YOUR LIVING CANNOT CHANGE. The kingdom begins with a transformed mind and it ends with a transformed world.




Now if we ARE GOING TO SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM THEN THE FIRST thing we must do is understand what a kingdom IS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT PURSUE what you cannot define and you cannot protect what you do not understand. THE TRAGEDY OF OUR GENERATION is not that we lack DESIRE FOR Elohim. THE TRAGEDY IS THAT WE LACK ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF Elohim’S SYSTEM. Hoshea 4:6 (Cepher) says, “MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE,” NOT LACK OF FAITH, NOT LACK OF PRAYER, NOT LACK OF church attendance. Not lack of singing, knowledge. AND KNOWLEDGE BEGINS WITH DEFINITION.




So let me give you a definition that will change your whole Bible. A kingdom is the governing influence of a king OVER HIS TERRITORY, IMPACTING it with his will, purpose, and culture. I want you to say that in your spirit. Governing influence, king, territory, will, purpose, CULTURE. THAT’S A KINGDOM. THAT means a kingdom is not a religion. IT IS A GOVERNMENT. A kingdom is NOT A DEMOCRACY. YOU DON’T VOTE for a king. A king is born a king.




That’s why Yesha’yahu said, “Unto us a child is born and the government shall be upon his shoulders.” When a king shows up, government shows up. When a king speaks, law is established. WHEN A KING DESIRES SOMETHING, his citizens align with his desire. So when Yahusha CAME ANNOUNCING THE KINGDOM, he wasn’t announcing a Sunday service. HE WAS ANNOUNCING HEAVEN’S GOVERNMENT RETURNING to earth.




Now follow me closely. Every kingdom has certain components. First, a king. The king is the source of authority. His word IS LAW. HE DOES NOT CONSULT THE CITIZENS FOR permission because he is the government. Tehilliym 103:19 (Cepher) says, “The Most High has established his throne in heaven and his kingdom rules over all.” That means The Most High Yah is not running a committee. He is ruling a kingdom.




Second, every kingdom has a territory. A kingdom without territory is just an idea. Territory is the domain over which the king exercises influence. That’s why Yahusha taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Earth is the territory of heaven’s influence.




Third, a kingdom has citizens, not members. Citizens are people who belong to the kingdom by legal right, not by emotional preference. You can be a church member and still not be a kingdom citizen mentally. Citizenship means you carry THE CULTURE. YOU LIVE BY THE constitution and you represent the government wherever you go. Philippians 3:20 (Cepher) says, “Our citizenship is in heaven.” That means heaven is your home country and earth is your assignment. You are stationed here as a representative of another government.




Fourth, every kingdom has a constitution. In the kingdom of heaven, the constitution is the Word of Elohim. THAT IS WHY Yahusha SAID, “MAN shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of Elohim.” A citizen does not live by opinion. He lives by constitution.




And fifth, a kingdom has culture. Culture is the lifestyle of the king EXPRESSED THROUGH THE CITIZENS. SO HOLINESS IS NOT A RELIGIOUS PERFORMANCE. HOLINESS IS KINGDOM CULTURE. LOVE IS NOT A CHURCH ACTIVITY. LOVE IS KINGDOM CULTURE. Justice is not a political option. Justice is kingdom culture. Peace is not a personality trait. Peace is kingdom culture. When the culture of heaven shows up in a territory, that territory begins to reflect the nature of the king.




Let me help you WITH SOMETHING PRACTICAL. SUPPOSE THE AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN WALKS INTO BANGKOK. HE IS NOT JAPAN, but he represents Japan. He carries the values of Japan, the language of Japan, the policies of Japan. And wherever he goes, he brings Japan’s influence into that territory. That’s what you are. Yahusha said, “As the father has sent me, so send I you.” You are sent—citizens are sent to extend influence. That’s why you were not born again to sit down. You were born again to take territory. You were not saved to be quiet. You were saved to become the loudspeaker of heaven in your generation.




SO WHEN YOU READ YOUR BIBLE, STOP READING IT AS A RELIGIOUS BOOK. READ IT AS A KINGDOM MANUAL. WHEN YOU SEE MIRACLES, DON’T CALL THEM RELIGIOUS WONDERS. Call them signs that a government is present. Yahusha said, “If I cast out demons by the spirit of Elohim, then the kingdom of Elohim has come upon you.” In other words, wherever kingdom government arrives, oppression must leave because a higher AUTHORITY HAS ENTERED THE TERRITORY. That’s why sickness runs when the kingdom shows up. THAT’S WHY SIN TREMBLES WHEN THE KINGDOM IS PREACHED. THAT’S WHY DARKNESS CANNOT REMAIN when citizens walk in the light of THEIR GOVERNMENT.




SO THE FIRST STEP TO SEEKING the kingdom is to understand the kingdom. IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND KINGDOM, you will reduce Yahusha to a religious founder and you will reduce yourself to a church attendee. But when you understand kingdom, you realize Yahusha is a king and you are a citizen with authority sent to manifest heaven on earth.




Now, are you beginning to see why your life has been struggling? YOU’VE BEEN TRYING TO FUNCTION AS A CITIZEN WITH A MEMBER’S MINDSET. YOU’VE BEEN TRYING to claim kingdom benefits without kingdom understanding. But tonight, the king is restoring your mind. Cuz your mind is a doorway to your dominion. Romans 12:2 (Cepher) says, “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Why? Because transformation does not begin in your behavior. It begins in your belief system. ONCE YOUR MIND ACCEPTS THE KINGDOM, your life will start producing kingdom fruit.




Now stay with ME BECAUSE ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT A kingdom is, YOU MUST ASK YOURSELF, WHY DID The Most High Yah EVER WANT A KINGDOM on earth in the first place? And the answer is not complicated but it is revolutionary. The Most High Yah’s original intent was not to start a religion. The Most High Yah’s original intent was to extend his kingdom. You are not an accident looking for a meaning. You are a design looking FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT.




Bere’shiyth 1:26 (Cepher) IS THE founding charter of human existence. It says, “And Elohim said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion.” That statement is not poetry. That is policy. The Most High Yah created you to look like him so you could act like him in a territory he wanted, governed by his nature. Image is about essence. Likeness is about function. And dominion is about responsibility. IN OTHER WORDS, The Most High Yah wanted a family of sons who would carry his character and execute his WILL ON EARTH.




THAT IS WHY THE FIRST THING The Most High Yah GAVE MAN was not a church service, not a hymbook, NOT A SET of rituals. He gave him a job. He gave him territory. He put him in a garden and said, “Cultivate it, GUARD IT, EXPAND IT.” That is kingdom language.




My friends, you were created to rule, not to be ruled by fear. YOU WERE CREATED TO MANAGE, NOT TO BE managed by your emotions. You were created to dominate circumstances, not to be dominated by them. Tehilliym 8 (Cepher) says, “You have crowned him with glory and honor and made him to have dominion over the works of your hands.” Crowned. That means humanity was born into royalty. You are not a beggar trying to reach a throne. You are a royal son being restored to one.




Now watch this carefully. The fall of man was not merely the breaking of a rule. The fall was the abandonment of a government. Sin is not just doing bad things. Sin is leaving your position. WHEN ADAM DISOBEYED, HE HE HE DID NOT JUST LOSE A GARDEN. HE LOST A KINGDOM. He surrendered legal authority over earth to a hostile power. That’s why Yahusha called Satan the prince of this world. A prince rules only what is given to him. Adam handed the territory away.




So the crisis in Bere’shiyth is not simply moral. It is governmental. Man fell out of alignment with the king. And once the citizen rebels, he loses his rights. That is why everything broke. Relationships, environment, conscience, work, even the ground resisted him. The territory reflects the state of its government. WHEN CITIZENS DISCONNECT from the king, the territory decays.




Romans 8 (Cepher) says, “CREATION ITSELF GROANS, waiting for the manifestation of the SONS OF Elohim.” WHY? BECAUSE THE EARTH IS WAITING for its rightful governance to return.




So here comes THE BEAUTY OF REDEMPTION. The Most High Yah DID NOT SEND Yahusha merely to take you to heaven. He sent Yahusha to bring you back to earth under heaven’s rule. Yahusha is called the last Adam because he came to restore what the first Adam lost. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15 (Cepher), “As in Adam all die, even so in Mashiach shall all be made alive.” Alive for what? Alive for government, alive for dominion, alive for purpose.




WHEN YOU GOT BORN AGAIN, The Most High Yah DID NOT SIMPLY FORGIVE YOUR PAST. He restored your position. He reconnected you to the king so you could function again as a citizen. That’s why Yahusha said you must be born again to see the kingdom, not to join a religion—to see the kingdom. Because seeing precedes entering and entering precedes representing. And once you represent the kingdom, you become the answer to the prayer you KEEP PRAYING.




YOU STOP ASKING The Most High Yah TO FIX THE EARTH WHILE REFUSING TO TAKE YOUR PLACE IN IT. YOU STOP BEGGING FOR CHANGE and start enforcing heaven’s WILL BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PLAN IS STILL THE PLAN. The Most High Yah wants his invisible kingdom to become visible through you. HE WANTS HIS HEAVENLY CULTURE TO TAKE FORM in your family, YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR CITY.




YOU ARE NOT SAVED TO BE A SPECTATOR. YOU ARE SAVED TO be a steward. You are not here to escape the world. You are here to transform it. That is why Ephesians says we are his workmanship created in Mashiach Yahusha for good works which The Most High Yah prepared beforehand. Prepared beforehand means purpose existed before you were born. SO YOUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT TO GET BUSY. YOUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY is to find what was prepared. Kingdom first always begins with purpose.




Now once you understand the original plan, you will finally understand the mission of Yahusha. BECAUSE YOU CANNOT INTERPRET a mission unless you know what WAS LOST. Yahusha DID NOT COME TO MAKE BAD people good. He came to make dead people alive to their kingdom assignment. He did not come merely to reform behavior. He came to restore government.




THAT IS WHY THE FIRST THING Yahusha PREACHED WAS NOT A DENOMINATION, NOT A SET OF RITUALS, not a list of rules. He preached a kingdom. Mattithyahu records it plainly. “From that time Yahusha began to preach and to say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” At hand means within reach. It means near. It means available. In other words, Yahusha was saying the government you lost in Eden is back. He was announcing a reappearance of heaven’s rulership in the territory of earth.




Marqus 1:15 (Cepher) says the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of Elohim is at hand. Repent ye and believe the gospel. Notice the order. Time fulfilled, meaning history’s been waiting for this moment. Kingdom at hand, MEANING GOVERNMENT HAS ARRIVED. REPENT. CHANGE YOUR MIND. BELIEVE. Embrace the good news.




So the gospel is not just a message about forgiveness. The gospel is the announcement of a kingdom returning through a king. Forgiveness is the doorway, not the destination. Salvation is the restoration of citizenship.




Let me say it another way so you’ll NEVER FORGET IT. Yahusha IS NOT MERELY a savior to rescue you from hell. He is a king to restore your rule on earth. If you only preach him as savior, you create forgiven slaves. But when you preach him as king, you create RESTORED CITIZENS.




THAT’S WHY Yahusha teachings are filled with kingdom language. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like,” and then he told parables. Why? Because when a king reintroduces his government into a foreign territory, he must teach the citizens the culture of the home country. THOSE PARABLES WERE NOT JUST STORIES FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL. They were constitutional illustrations teaching citizens how the kingdom operates. He was not teaching YOU HOW TO BE RELIGIOUS. He was teaching you HOW TO LIVE UNDER A GOVERNMENT.




And watch THE EVIDENCE. WHENEVER Yahusha DEMONSTRATED POWER, he connected it to the kingdom. He said, “IF I CAST OUT DEMONS BY THE SPIRIT OF Elohim, THEN THE KINGDOM OF Elohim HAS COME UNTO YOU.” That means deliverance is not a random miracle. Deliverance is proof of government. Demons are illegal residents. They are squatters in a territory that belongs to the king. So when kingdom AUTHORITY SHOWS UP, DARKNESS MUST EVACUATE.




THAT IS WHY HE HEALED the sick, opened blind eyes, raised the dead, fed multitudes. BECAUSE THOSE WERE NOT STUNTS. THOSE WERE SIGNS that a new government HAD LANDED. A KINGDOM IS KNOWN BY the impact of its authority on his territory. Yahusha was saying, “Look at the healings. Look at the freedom. LOOK AT THE RESTORATION.” These are not just blessings. They are kingdom manifestations.




THE KINGDOM IS NOT TALK. Paul said the kingdom of Elohim is not in word but in power. NOT IN RHETORIC BUT IN RESULTS. WHEN THE KINGDOM IS PRESENT, THE TERRITORY must change.




Now here is something many people miss. Kingdom of heaven does not mean a place you go when you die. It means the rule of heaven. Heaven is a country. It is a realm. It is THE HEADQUARTERS OF The Most High Yah’S GOVERNMENT. And when Yahusha said the kingdom of heaven is here, he meant heaven’s system is now accessible on earth.




That is why he taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” He did not say, “Take me to heaven.” He said, “BRING HEAVEN TO EARTH.”




SO THE PURPOSE OF SALVATION IS NOT JUST TO PREPARE you for the next life. It is to equip you for this one. YOU ARE NOT WAITING for the kingdom. You are carrying it. Wherever you go, the kingdom goes. WHEN YOU WALK INTO YOUR HOME, HEAVEN WANTS TO WALK IN WITH YOU. WHEN YOU ENTER YOUR JOB, THE CULTURE OF THE KING IS SUPPOSED TO ENTER THAT OFFICE WITH YOU. WHEN YOU STEP INTO A CLASSROOM, A MARKETPLACE, A HOSPITAL, A STREET, The Most High Yah IS not looking for religious behaviors. He is looking for KINGDOM REPRESENTATION.




YOU ARE not a believer trying to survive Babylon. You are a citizen sent to transform it. So Yahusha central announcement was this. The king has returned. The kingdom is available. And citizens are being restored. HE CAME TO REESTABLISH The Most High Yah’S ORIGINAL intent for man. He came to put you back under divine government so you could rediscover DIVINE PURPOSE.




THAT IS why he said in Luqa 4:43 (Cepher), “I must preach the kingdom of Elohim to the other cities also, for therefore am I sent.” He defined his own mission. He said, “This is why I was sent. Not to build buildings, not to start denominations, not to create rituals, to preach the kingdom.” AND IF THAT WAS HIS PRIORITY, MY FRIENDS, it must become ours.




You cannot call yourself a follower of Mashiach and ignore what Mashiach followed. You cannot claim his name and reject his message. If Yahusha preached the kingdom, then seeking first the kingdom is not optional. It is foundational BECAUSE ONLY KINGDOM FIRST RESTORES YOUR IDENTITY, releases your authority, and aligns your life with The Most High Yah’S eternal purpose.




Now, having laid that foundation, we must go to the instruction that governs your daily life. Because the kingdom is not only a message to admire, it is a command to obey. Yahusha gives one of the most powerful laws of life in Mattithyahu 6:33 (Cepher): “Seek ye first the kingdom of Elohim and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”




I want you to notice that this is not a suggestion. This is not a devotional thought. This is a constitutional decree from a king to citizens. And in every kingdom, the king’s decree is law.




The first word is seek. That word means to pursue, to run after, to crave, to organize your life around. It is active, not passive. IT IS INTENTIONAL, NOT ACCIDENTAL.




Then he says first. That is the law of priority. Whatever is first controls WHAT IS SECOND. WHATEVER YOU PUT FIRST GOVERNS EVERYTHING ELSE. PRIORITY IS NOT WHAT YOU SAY is important. Priority is what you DO FIRST. YOUR PRIORITIES are revealed NOT IN YOUR CONFESSION BUT IN YOUR SCHEDULE.




It is very EASY TO SAY The Most High Yah IS FIRST AND THEN YOU GIVE him the leftovers of your time, the leftovers of your attention, the leftovers OF YOUR ENERGY. BUT A KING DOES NOT ACCEPT LEFTOVERS.




In Malachi, The Most High Yah REBUKED ISRAEL BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT HIM BLIND SACRIFICES, lame sacrifices, polluted offerings. He said, “Would you offer that to your governor?” In other words, if you wouldn’t give it to a human king, why are you giving it to The Most High Yah?




SO SEEKING FIRST MEANS The Most High Yah IS NOT AN ADDITION to your life. He is the foundation of your life. The kingdom is not something you fit into your plans. The kingdom becomes the plan.




Now listen carefully. Yahusha says, “Seek first the kingdom and his righteousness.” Righteousness is not a religious word about perfection. Righteousness means right alignment with the government. IT MEANS BEING IN CORRECT POSITION under the king’s rule.




SO SEEKING FIRST IS NOT JUST ABOUT PRAYING MORE. Seeking first is about living UNDER The Most High Yah’S ORDER.




MANY PEOPLE WANT The Most High Yah’S BENEFITS but refuse The Most High Yah’S order. They want the things added, but they don’t want the kingdom first. They want provision, but they won’t submit priorities. They want peace, but they won’t obey principles. They want miracles, but they won’t live in government.




And the king says, “No, no, no. Seek first. Put my government before your agenda and I will add what you need.”




The word add is very important. The Most High Yah does not multiply your chaos. He adds to your order. Addition comes after alignment. You don’t seek the added things. You seek the source. And the source is responsible for your needs.




That is kingdom thinking. A citizen does not wake up every day panicking about provision BECAUSE THE CITIZEN TRUSTS THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS COUNTRY. IF THE GOVERNMENT IS STABLE, the citizen is secure.




SO IF YOUR LIFE IS FULL OF ANXIETY, it is a sign that the kingdom is not first. BECAUSE WHEN THE KINGDOM IS FIRST, FEAR BECOMES ILLEGAL.




Yahusha SAID EARLIER IN THAT same chapter, TAKE NO THOUGHT SAYING WHAT SHALL WE EAT? WHAT SHALL WE DRINK? WHAT shall we wear? He wasn’t saying be irresponsible. HE WAS SAYING, “STOP ACTING LIKE YOU HAVE NO KING.”




Let me make this plain. People have a habit of seeking SECOND what The Most High Yah SAID must be first. They seek money first and then ask The Most High Yah to bless it. They seek relationship first and then ask The Most High Yah to fix them. THEY SEEK CAREER FIRST AND THEN ASK The Most High Yah TO give them peace IN IT. THEY SEEK POPULARITY FIRST AND THEN WONDER WHY PURPOSE is frustrated.




They say, “The Most High, bless my plans.” BUT NEVER ASK, “The Most High, what are your plans?” And James says, “You ask and do not receive because you ask amiss to consume it on your lust.” Wrong requests come from wrong priorities.




So seeking first the kingdom means the king’s will becomes the standard of your choices. YOU DON’T DECIDE YOUR FUTURE and then invite The Most High Yah to attend. You discover his will and then align your life to it.




THAT’S WHY Mishlei 3:5–6 (Cepher) says, “TRUST IN The Most High WITH ALL THINE HEART, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Direct your paths means he sets your course.




PRIORITY IS NOT A FEELING. Priority is a decision. It is waking up and saying, “King, what do you want done in your territory today?” It is looking at your calendar and ASKING, “DOES THIS SERVE MY ASSIGNMENT?” IT IS LOOKING at your money and asking, “Does this advance the kingdom?” It is looking at your relationships and asking, “Do these connections align with heaven’s purpose for my life?”




BECAUSE ONCE THE KINGDOM IS FIRST, EVERYTHING ELSE BECOMES ORDERLY. When you PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST, SECOND things stop fighting for first place.




And I want to say something that might rescue somebody tonight. The kingdom is not first when it is only spiritual language. The kingdom is first when it is practical government.




WHEN THE KINGDOM IS FIRST, YOU FORGIVE BECAUSE THAT’S THE CULTURE of your government. When the kingdom is first, YOU WORK WITH EXCELLENCE because you represent the king. When the KINGDOM IS FIRST, YOU DISCIPLINE YOUR BODY because your body is a temple and a tool of assignment. When the kingdom IS FIRST, YOU STOP MANIPULATING PEOPLE BECAUSE CITIZENS DON’T NEED TO CHEAT. They have access. WHEN THE KINGDOM IS FIRST, YOU STOP LIVING FOR APPLAUSE because your identity is settled in your king.




Yahusha did not say seek first the church. He said seek first the kingdom. The church is the community of citizens, but the kingdom is the government those citizens belong to.




SO SEEKING FIRST IS NOT A Sunday activity. It is a life orientation. And the promise at the END IS NOT POETRY. IT IS POLICY. ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.




That means if you put the kingdom first, the king takes personal responsibility for your needs. HE BECOMES YOUR PROVIDER, YOUR PROTECTOR, your promoter. He says you handle my priorities and I will handle your necessities. That is the law of priority. And my friends, it never fails.




Now once you accept the law of priority, the next question is who are the people that live under this priority? Who are the ones commanded to seek first the kingdom? And the answer is citizenship.




My friends, THE KINGDOM IS NOT BUILT ON MEMBERSHIP. THE KINGDOM IS BUILT ON CITIZENSHIP. RELIGION produces members who attend meetings. Kingdom produces citizens who represent government. There is a world of difference. A member joins a group. A citizen belongs to a country. A member has privileges in a building. A citizen has rights in a government. A member can resign when he feels offended. A citizen cannot resign from his birthright.




So when you were born again, you did not merely join a church. You entered a country. You changed kingdoms. Qolasiym 1:13 (Cepher) says, “The Most High Yah has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of his dear son.” Translation is governmental relocation. You move from one jurisdiction to another. That means your old life was under a different legal system, but now you live under heaven’s constitution.




So your first responsibility is not activity, it is identity. If you do not know who you are, you will not know what to do. Identity precedes function. Purpose is the RESULT OF IDENTITY, NOT THE SUBSTITUTE FOR IT.




LET ME SAY IT PLAINLY. Many believers are busy in church but absent in citizenship. They have Christian vocabulary but no kingdom mentality. They sing about victory but live like victims. They shout hallelujah but panic like orphans. WHY? BECAUSE MEMBERSHIP is behavior-based. But citizenship is nature-based. Membership says, “I belong because I attend.” Citizenship says, “I belong because I was born.”




Yahusha told Nicodemus, you must be born again to enter the kingdom, not to enter a denomination. Born again means you receive the life and nature of the king. Yochanan 1:12 (Cepher) says, “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of Elohim.” Sons—citizens are sons. They carry the DNA of their father, the values of their country, the culture of their government.




SO IF YOU STILL THINK like a slave, you will live like a slave even if you are legally a son. That’s why Romans 8 (Cepher) says, “You have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, BUT THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” Adoption is not just affection. Adoption is legal placement. It means you now have access to inheritance, authority and responsibility in your father’s estate.




Therefore, a citizen does not beg for what belongs to the kingdom. A citizen understands rights. Now, rights are not arrogance. Rights are alignment.




The rights of the kingdom include righteousness, right standing with the king, peace, security in the government, and joy, confidence in your assignment. THESE ARE NOT EMOTIONS. THESE ARE REALITIES of citizenship.




Paul says in Romans 14:17 (Cepher), “The kingdom of Elohim is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.” That means if you are a citizen, righteousness is your position, peace is your posture, and joy IS YOUR PROOF. WHEN YOU LACK THESE, IT IS NOT BECAUSE THE KINGDOM FAILED. IT IS BECAUSE CITIZENSHIP HAS NOT BEEN UNDERSTOOD.




And every right has a responsibility. Citizens are not tourists. TOURISTS ENJOY A COUNTRY BUT DO NOT represent it. Citizens carry it. That means you are responsible to represent the king’s character, expand the king’s influence, and obey THE KING’S CONSTITUTION.




Yahusha SAID, “YOU are the SALT OF THE EARTH. You are the light of the world.” Salt does not exist for itself. Salt preserves the territory for the king. Light does not shine for applause. Light reveals the culture of the kingdom in dark places.




So when you walk into your job, YOU ARE NOT just an employee trying to survive a paycheck. You are a citizen representing a government. WHEN YOU LOVE YOUR SPOUSE, YOU ARE NOT JUST BEING NICE. You are modeling the king’s culture. When you forgive your enemies, you are not being weak. You are enforcing the law of your country. When you refuse corruption, YOU ARE NOT BEING NAIVE. You are being loyal to your king.




Citizenship is the reason you can’t live like everybody else. You don’t belong to everybody ELSE. YOU BELONG TO A DIFFERENT KINGDOM.




So hear me. If you want to see the benefits of a stable kingdom, you must embrace the discipline of a loyal citizen. The king does not finance rebels. The government does not protect traitors. But when citizens align, the government becomes responsible.




SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM, he said, and all these things will be added. Added to who? Added to citizens. ADD IT TO THOSE WHO LIVE BY KINGDOM IDENTITY. And if you want kingdom addition, you must live kingdom submission.




And once you settle identity, activity becomes easy. You stop serving out of guilt and start serving out of government. You stop praying like a beggar and start praying like AN AMBASSADOR. YOU STOP LIVING RANDOMLY and start living intentionally. Cuz you know this, you were born into the kingdom for a reason. And the reason is bigger than your comfort. IT IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT TO YOUR GENERATION.




Now let’s bring this home because the kingdom is not a theory to admire. It is a lifestyle to manifest. The question is not do you believe in the kingdom. The question is does your life prove the kingdom.




James says be ye doers of the word and not hearers only deceiving your own selves. AND I WANT TO SHOW you what happens when the kingdom IS TRULY FIRST. NOT JUST IN your mouth but in your Monday. Not just in your worship but IN YOUR WORK. NOT JUST IN YOUR PRAYER CLOSET, but in your public decisions.




First, when the kingdom is first, it redefineses your work. You stop seeing your job as your identity and you start seeing it as your ASSIGNMENT PLATFORM. YOUR PURPOSE IS NOT WHAT YOU DO FOR MONEY. YOUR PURPOSE IS WHY YOU WERE BORN. THE JOB IS A TOOL. THE PURPOSE is the reason.




So, you go to work no longer as a slave of survival, but as an ambassador of influence. Qolasiym 3:23 (Cepher) says, “Whatever you do, do it heartily as unto The Most High and not unto men.” WHY? BECAUSE CITIZENS WORK FOR THE KING. EVEN WHEN THE PAYCHECK comes from Pharaoh, you begin to ask, “How does my skill serve the king’s agenda in this territory?” THAT CHANGES YOUR ATTITUDE, YOUR EXCELLENCE, YOUR INTEGRITY. YOU DON’T CUT CORNERS BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT a righteous government. YOU DON’T WASTE time because you are stewarding a kingdom assignment. You don’t compete with jealousy because your value is settled in the king. When the kingdom is first, your workplace becomes your mission field, not your misery field.




Second, when the kingdom is first, it transforms your relationship to money. Money is not your master. Money is your servant. Religion taught you to fear wealth or worship wealth. But the kingdom teaches you to use wealth for purpose.




Devariym 8:18 (Cepher) says, “It is he that gives you power to get wealth.” THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH his covenant in the earth. Notice the reason. Covenant establishment, kingdom expansion. Wealth is not for ego. Wealth is for impact.




AND WHEN KINGDOM IS FIRST, YOU STOP CHASING MONEY AS IDENTITY AND YOU START PRODUCING VALUE AS ASSIGNMENT. YOU DISCOVER THAT MONEY FOLLOWS SOLVED problems and solved problems flow from purpose. SO YOU STOP PRAYING, The Most High, GIVE ME MONEY AND YOU START PRAYING, The Most High, SHOW ME WHAT I was born to solve. Then money chases you because value attracts provision.




Seek first the kingdom and the king adds resources TO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. HE DOES NOT SPONSOR LAZINESS. He sponsors obedience. He finances purpose.




That’s why Yahusha said in Luqa 16 (Cepher), if you are faithful in unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust true riches? True riches are kingdom resources. Faithfulness is the key.




Third, when the kingdom is first, it reorders YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. YOU STOP FORMING alliances based on loneliness, and you start forming them based on alignment. Amos 3:3 (Cepher) asks, “Can two walk together except they be agreed?”




Citizens don’t marry just for romance. They marry FOR PURPOSE, PARTNERSHIP. CITIZENS DON’T KEEP FRIENDSHIPS THAT SABOTAGE DESTINY. CITIZENS DON’T STAY entangled with people who pull them away from their assignment. You become loving but not foolish, kind but not compromised, generous but not controlled. YOU LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ministry and manipulation.




And here’s the reality. Some people will leave when the kingdom becomes first because they only love the version of you that was available for their agenda. BUT WHEN YOUR PRIORITIES CHANGE, YOUR CIRCLE MUST CHANGE BECAUSE YOUR PURPOSE IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR CHEAP RELATIONSHIPS.




Yahusha himself said, “HE THAT LOVETH FATHER or mother more than me is not worthy of me.” He wasn’t preaching disrespect. He was preaching priority. Your love must be ordered or your life will be disordered.




FOURTH, WHEN THE KINGDOM IS FIRST, PRAYER BECOMES ENFORCEMENT, NOT BEGGING. MOST PEOPLE PRAY LIKE slaves trying to persuade a king. But citizens pray like ambassadors carrying constitutional rights.




Yahusha said, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.” That is a GOVERNMENTAL PRAYER. YOU ARE NOT ASKING The Most High Yah TO do what he promised. You are declaring what he decreed.




First Yochanan 5:14 (Cepher) says, “If we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us.” According to his will means according to his kingdom constitution. So you stop praying random prayers and start praying kingdom prayers.




You begin to say, “FATHER, YOUR WILL IS HEALTH, SO I ENFORCE health in this body. Father, YOUR WILL IS PEACE. SO I ENFORCE PEACE IN this house. Father, your will is justice. So I enforce justice in this community.”




That’s why Yahusha said, “Behold, I give unto you power over all the power of the enemy.” Power over the enemy means you are an authorized officer in the territory. When the kingdom is first, you stop asking The Most High Yah to fight what he told you to cast out.




Fifth, when the kingdom is first, anxiety loses its legal right to live in you. Fear is proof that you don’t trust the government you belong to.




Yahusha said, “Do not worry about your life. For your father knows what you need.” The word father is not sentimental. It is governmental. If he is father, you are heir. If you are heir, you are secured by inheritance.




Philippians 4 (Cepher) says, “Be anxious for nothing and the peace of Elohim shall guard your hearts.” Guard is military language. Kingdom peace is not a feeling. IT IS A GARRISON. It stands at the gate of your mind AND SAYS ANXIETY, YOU don’t have PERMISSION HERE. WHY? BECAUSE CITIZENS DON’T LIVE IN PANIC. Citizens live in confidence.




YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW HOW, but you know who. You might not see the route, but you trust the ruler. “The Most High is my shepherd. I shall not want.” That is kingdom security.




So, my friends, seeking first the kingdom is not mystical. IT IS MEASURABLE. It shows up in your work ethic, your financial stewardship, your relationships, your prayer life, your emotional stability, your daily priorities.




And once THE KINGDOM BECOMES FIRST, EVERYTHING ELSE STOPS COMPETING FOR YOUR SOUL. YOUR LIFE BECOMES CENTERED. Your days become intentional. Your gifts become productive. Your destiny becomes inevitable because the king takes responsibility for citizens who take responsibility for his government.




That is why Yahusha said, “All these things shall be added.” Added to a life that is ordered. Added to a citizen that is aligned. Added to a purpose that is submitted. If you would PUT THE KINGDOM FIRST, the kingdom will put your life on track.




Now, let me bring this to a close by returning you to the simplest, most demanding, most liberating command Yahusha ever gave the human race. Seek first the kingdom.




I want you to feel the weight of that word first. Because first is not a position in a sentence. First is a position in your soul. First is what you wake up thinking about. First is what you organize your week around. First is what you protect when everything else is under pressure.




And the reason Yahusha made the kingdom FIRST IS BECAUSE THE KINGDOM IS WHY YOU EXIST. YOU WERE NOT born to live for yourself. YOU WERE NOT CREATED to spend your life chasing temporary things that rust, fade, and pass away. You were born to manifest an eternal government in a dying world. You are heaven’s strategy FOR EARTH.




THAT IS WHY YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO live confused. You cannot afford to live distracted. You cannot afford to live religious but not governmental.




The king did NOT SAVE YOU TO SIT. HE SAVED YOU TO SERVE. HE DID NOT REDEEM you to hide. He redeemed you to represent. HE DID NOT FORGIVE YOU MERELY to make you feel better. He restored you so you could function again.




So hear me IN THIS FINAL MOMENT. Yahusha DIDN’T BRING YOU religion to join. He brought you a kingdom to inherit. He didn’t come to give you a label. He came to give you lordship. He didn’t come so you can be busy in church while bankrupt in purpose. He came so your whole life becomes evidence that a king is present.




The world is not waiting for more religious people who can argue doctrine. THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR citizens who can model heaven’s culture. Love where there is hatred. Integrity where there is corruption. EXCELLENCE WHERE THERE IS MEDIOCRITY. PEACE where there is anxiety, HOPE WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR, JUSTICE WHERE THERE IS OPPRESSION.




The world is groaning for the manifestation of sons. Sons who know their father, know their kingdom, know their assignment.




I challenge you therefore with three commitments.




First, reorder your priorities. Go home and look at your calendar, your money, your relationships, your decisions, and ask, is the kingdom first or just present? Because if IT IS NOT FIRST, it is not governing.




Second, relearn Yahusha through a kingdom lens. READ THE GOSPELS AGAIN AND EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE WORD KINGDOM, STOP AND ASK, “WHAT DOES THIS TEACH ME about government, culture, and citizenship?”




Third, realign your life with your assignment. Write down what you believe The Most High Yah sent you to do in this generation. Then start saying no to everything that competes with THAT PURPOSE. BECAUSE YOUR TIME IS TOO VALUABLE, YOUR PURPOSE TOO IMPORTANT, YOUR DESTINY TOO COSTLY TO WASTE ON second things.




Remember this, WHAT YOU WERE BORN TO DO IS ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT THAN what you are busy doing. And when the kingdom IS FIRST, YOU WILL NEVER LACK WHAT YOU NEED TO do what you were born to do.




Let me declare this over you as I close. You will not die full of potential. You will not carry your gift to the grave. You will not live as a religious spectator while heaven calls you a citizen. YOU WILL SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM. YOU WILL THINK LIKE A SON. YOU WILL LIVE LIKE AN AMBASSADOR. You will work like A REPRESENTATIVE. YOU WILL LOVE LIKE THE KING. And as you do, the promise of Yahusha will become your testimony.




All these things shall be added unto you. Not because you chase them, but because you pursue the government that owns them. The king takes care of citizens who take care of his priorities.




SO GO AND LIVE AS who you are, a kingdom CITIZEN WITH A KINGDOM PURPOSE UNDER A KINGDOM