Jesus said "And from the days of John the Baptist until the present time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force as a precious prize--a share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion."

When we advance God's kingdom and encounter resistance, we sometimes are suprised or confused and back down. We need to understand that it is a war we are in. And God has a clear strategy for this war. A simple but extremely effective strategy.

Early this morning (as in just after midnight) I was trying to get my 7 month old boy to sleep and I had a revelation.

As we saw on Sunday, many great people in the bible had a significant encounter with God (Job, Isaiah, Jacob, Paul and many more). God wants to encounter his people. He wants to meet with us. Jesus said "I am the way to the Father". Jesus himself came to earth to interact with people.

As we pray that the kingdom of heaven comes, we must pray that we would have more encounter's with God himself. Christianity is not a religion where we have to do good things, it is a moving from a place of being separated from God to a place of God being accessible to us.