Invading the Marketplace Community
Invading the Marketplace Community, In a recent article titled ‘ Leadership in Business’ Harvard Biologist and Author E.O Wilson, who is also known for his belief in Humanism and Deism, is quoted as saying : “We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.”
In his book titled ‘Apostolic Strategies for Kingdom Reformation’ Series 3, Apostle Israel Onoriobe rightly notes that the Church has neglected her responsibility of Kingdom administration in the market place because of an incorrect assumption that it is not part of the purposes of God to rule in this area.
However the word of God in Revelation 11:15 reveals otherwise. God’s end goal is that the kingdoms of this world…including the market place…should become the kingdom’s of our Lord and of His Christ, so that He might reign over all things forever and ever. Amen.
Invading the Marketplace Community, As Apostle Israel states “The Kingdom of God will not be fully established in the earth if the market place is still dominated by principalities, demonic supremacy and their agents.”
Are we as a Church preparing “synthesizers” – Esthers, Josephs and Daniels – those who would use their minds creatively, and use information and technology available to stand in their place of governmental authority?
The airwaves are full of echoes, as all and sundry, including pretenders to the office of the prophet, declare that we are now in a new season. Many come up with their interpretations concerning what this new season might be all about, yet after all is said and done it is simply the same old message dressed up in new-fangled robes. The divine edict is unmistakable;
“No-one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” (Matthew 9:16-17 NIV).
Adequate preparation for new things mandates a putting away of the old or ultimately the old and the new are wasted. This new season of God cannot be built upon foundations of the past.
Invading the Marketplace Community