Isn’t this earth a beautiful place? I could live here forever. In fact, I think I will.

Matthew 5:5 KJV “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”

God does not intend for us to abandon the earth in any shape or form. He created it for us to live and take dominion over it. That means the earth is here for us to care for. Some interchange it for “world”, but that’s a story for another time.

Christians were never told we would leave here. We are told to occupy. We think too lowly of ourselves to think we can’t overcome the evil in this earth. God gave us the power to do just that. Look at Noah. God cleansed the earth and left Noah to occupy.

John 14:12 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Mark 16:17-19 – And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

We see Jesus saying this. I’m not advocating we pick up snakes and drink poison for the sake of it all, but I do believe His Words. We live so far below what He says we can do.

In my early years I had my bags packed ready to leave any minute. Folks, that isn’t happening. I unpacked, and I’m staying. Christians have been duped into believing we are going. I’m not running from a good fight to take dominion over the evil on this earth. I intend to live here forever.

The Lord’s Prayer (traditional words to the Our Father) Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

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Let’s bring heaven here as we are told to pray. If we pray for His will to be done here as it is in heaven, we will see it. Not only that but in the resistance of evil He will deliver us in the midst of it.

God is with us. If you believe that, who can be against us?