After a long period of silence (400 years), God spoke through a man named John the Baptist, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Matthew 3:1 NKJV).  After that many years God’s first message was: REPENT!  They had lived for 400 years of silence from God, no dreams, vision or prophecy.  Their way of thinking had changed in 400 years.  They did things their way.  Whatever was comfortable for them.

As Jesus enters His ministry, His first message was, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Matthew 4:17 NKJV).  Must be an important message.  But, repent from what?  God was introducing the Kingdom of Heaven.  It was a totally different concept than what they were accustom to.  God’s message came to destroy every misconception they had about everything.

In order for the Kingdom of God to be establish on Earth and on the lives of every believer, repentance was and is very necessary.  Repentance or to repent is to change the way you think.  So if I’m going to apply this to my life, it would mean instead of believing God doesn’t love me, I’m going to repent (change my way of thinking) and believe that He does love me.  When I pray I’m going to believe that God hears me.  When I sow, I believe that God will give me a harvest.  When I pray for deliverance or healing, I believe those things will happen.

If you begin to change your thinking, you’ll begin to see there’s a lot more in this life that God has given us.  You need to get into the Word and see what other things you need repenting of.  This is the message, the Kingdom message: Repent.  This is a constant thing.  In order for you to change your mind, you have to put some effort.  You have to begin reading the Word, praying, fasting, even changing some friends might help.  As you change your thinking, your habits and your actions will begin to change, too.

Don’t just read this and shrug it off.  Do it!  That’s the whole idea Jesus came here for.  He came to show us by example on how to live this Kingdom Message.  Don’t miss out on the best that God has for you because of all your misconceptions.  It’s time to repent, change your thinking!

Filed under: Devotionals, Reflections by Adilson Chacón