05/01/2022
There are Kingdom BUILDERS and then there are Kingdom DWELLERS, the difference between the two is that Kingdom Builders are those who put in the hard work to build the kingdom up. They sacrifice, work hard, and put in the labor to manifest, upkeep and construct the build of greatness. They always look for ways to restore, ways to maintain, and ways to elevate the condition of the development with growth and they oversee this assignment with great integrity.
Kingdom Dwellers are those who sit at the assignment benefiting from the Builder's hard work and efforts. The Dwellers are those who don't really bring anything to the table but their presence and a lot of times their complaints, words of empty promises, and always have an opinion of how something should be done yet have no ambition or selfless sacrifice to make it happen.
I have found that this is often the problem in most churches, you have your Kingdom Builders giving their all to build up God's Kingdom then you have your Kingdom Dwellers who just want to sit and bask in the ambiance of what's being built around them yet they contribute nothing.
2 Thessalonians 3:10-15
For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now, such persons, we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed, do not regard him as an enemy but warn him as a brother.
This scripture applies to those who dwell in church and do not help build the church, they feed on the preaching yet are spiritually starved. This applies to those who do not pour back into the preachers. This applies to those who stir up a lot of complaints and dislikes in the Kingdom but don't do anything to change and correct the issues in the Kingdom. This applies to those who show up every Sunday and sit in the same seat and do not speak, nor smile, nor participate yet they claim they are going to church. Yes, you came to church Dweller but did you come to MINISTRY and did you come as a BUILDER?
One man can build many things and it will take a while but if many builders came together on one accord…..”They were all with one accord in one place (Acts 2:1). Being in one accord is the great revelation of divinity that the Holy Ghost needs to do His perfect work. Those in the Upper Room all agreed that the Spirit was coming.”
See if Builders and Dwellers came together on one accord the unification of good works would manifest because as the Builders built the dwellers could maintain the foundations of the build and therefore working together as the builders construct new growth to the foundation's everything would be upkept and not only could the dwellers dwell but they would be overseers of the evolution of what's to come that would be passed down from generation to generation and not in ruins.
If you were placed in a mansion would you not maintain its upkeep? Would you not take pride in making sure it is clean, functioning, and cared for with love?
2 scriptures I want you to think about..
Psalm 23:6, KJV: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
John 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
If we are to dwell in the mansions prepared for us, do we go dwelling in chaos, complaints, meanness, selfishness, unclean hearts, laziness, and strife? Or do we go as builders, ready to serve in whatever capacity God calls us?
While here on earth as Builders build, dwellers please support the builders by bringing an open hand to lift a tool. It's not always about money, it's about willingness to work together to build the kingdom until our rooms in our Father's mansion are ready for us.