hen I see us as Christians work so hard to emulate the world, it is amazing and shameful to me at the same time. It happens in our music, television, books, business ventures, and sadly in our church services. Sometimes we forget that our Father is the absolute Creator; He gives us all our thoughts and ideas to begin with, most of the time man just perverts them. To pervert something simply means to put to a wrong or improper use; misuse and/or corrupt. The devil, our adversary, not only seeks to devour man, but he wants to devour our thoughts and ideas until they become tainted for his use. So why do we as Christians find it necessary to try and mimic anything that has been perverted from its original intent?

When Jesus came to Jericho He had an encounter with a man short in stature named Zacchaeus. When Zacchaeus invited Jesus to his home and proclaimed that he would right his wrongs to the poor, Jesus proclaimed salvation had come to his house. Then Jesus made one more statement, “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”  Zacchaeus was a Jew who collected taxes for the Romans in Jericho up until this point of his life. Jericho, once known for one of the greatest victories the Israelites had ever known, was once again in bondage. Perverted by the Romans, Jericho no longer looked like the city where God dropped the walls, but a secular place where Zacchaeus learned not only to fit in, but to prosper as well.

If Rome were to represent all that is worldly (and much of it successful), then Zacchaeus represents our shortcomings. Remember he was little in stature, not very big at all, but he found a way to get the Master’s attention, and when he did, salvation came to his whole house. Sometimes in this great big secular system, it seems the church is small in stature.

The Bible tells us that Zacchaeus was rich, but if he was rich in the Roman system, then the people above him had it even better.

God’s promise to Abraham, considering we are Abraham’s seed, is still his desire for us; a great name, a great nation, and to allow us to be a great blessing until we are called (by the perverted ones) blessed. In order to achieve this, we have to go higher like Zacchaeus did, grab the Master’s attention and repent; repent from trying to do anything like the world does and watch as Jesus restores to us the creativity He has promised us by The Spirit. To be Kingdom minded is to be an innovator, not an imitator. It is to seek out God’s will and methods which often requires little action from us since He is the one to bring down the walls. This is Kingdom Minded!!!