Swiss Kingdom participation?

wow number three and going strong, i just want to thank everybody for leaving their comments. when reading them, it feels almost like I am having a conversation with you.... wel almost. But right now i will take what I can get!

wow!!! can you believe it!! In two days I will be in Brownsville and ready to be father. I will ask that you all please pray for my family and I. For those that do not know, I will be having (well lisa is, rather... thank you Jesus!!!) a baby boy!! His name, God willing will be Benaiah (The Lord has established) Danger (because danger is...his middle name....) Trevino. Well honestly, I am still working on the "danger" middle name, Lisa is on the fence with it... she prefers James. Which is a great name... i like it... but cmon you cannot compete with DANGER.

So this is what I am going do... so please respond with you comments!! I will leave it up to you.... please share with me if you prefer danger or james.... if danger wins,.. well then I can show this post to lisa and convince her. Yet if James gets more votes... well i guess i can stick to James (or maybe Lisa will never see this post... buahhahahaha)

so as you can imagine, I am very excited and so grateful to Jesus. In these two months, or rather since that cold dizzy July, our king has let me experience him in new ways, and the best is yet to come with a child. I know that there is many that cannot even imagine me as a dad, and believe me, I am president of that club.... but that is the great part... I know that Jesus, as he always does, steps in and takes over. I love our king.

And a king he is. no really he is a king. I think that some of you have no idea what im talking about, or you just refuse to believe or accept that. I know that our idea of an actual kingdom is thwarted... i mean when we think of kingdoms we think of braveheart.. ooorr disney.. or some fairy place land.. far far and away (which by the way.. i saw this movie called Stardust... wow!)
so our idea of an actual King is foreign to us, since we live in the free USA, or mexico if you will. But as children of God.... we abide in a kingdom. YET..... we do not like the idea of a king. We do not like the idea, that WE are not in charge and FREE to do what we will.

Since the dizzy cold July... our KING has been chipping away at what I thought being a christian was.... it is not about levels..... it is not even about advancing his kingdom (NEWS FLASH>>>> he does not need your help to advance his Kingdom...its advancing on its own..... remember He is the King not us) but about just simply participating in it! Instead of trying to reach a higher level in our "Christian walk" (and boy oh boy, we know how to do this dont we??... we read another book, we make ourselves pray at 4 am {which lasts about 3 days} we go to another conference (Bethany anyone?) .. and we try to get "on fiiiiire" and reach another level.....

Well the thing about this Kingdom (which we live in, which is at hand, which is near) is that its not about a level, but about a dimension. instead of trying to reach another level, instead of trying to "advance" His Kingdom....... (here is the revelation...........wait for it.................waaaaaaiiiiit for iiiiiittt.......) WE ENTER A NEW DIMENSION AND WE PARTICIPATE IN HIS KINGDOM!!!!!!

I mean honestly, we are playing this "christian walk" game, when His Kingdom is moving, growing, advancing, and we are missing out. Sad to say, I have been to more conferences, I have heard more teaching, led more cell groups, and have definitively sat in my "prayer closet" waaaay more times, than participate in what our king has called us to do. How many times have I fed the poor?? How many times have I visited prisoners? Took care of the sick? Invited the Homeless in? Gave the thirsty something to drink? Clothed the cold? This is the kingdom.... this is what we are called to do. Bust in the scene.. with Light... with salt... bust in this other also present kingdom of darkness. Let other people see our light... so that they may worship of father in heaven. (Disclaimer: I love the conferences, the teachings, etc etc...) But this in not the kingdom... the kingdom is outside the walls, its mixed in with the weeds.... its the yeast in all the mess.... its busting in... its here and not yet.... its beautiful..its inside this mess of the world.. its in the darkest places.... and we are called to participate. TO BE SIGNPOST OF HEAVEN. Signposts of this Kingdom that is here and at the same time not yet in its fullest. That when you feed the homeless guy, when you give and no one sees, when the poor have something to eat..... well your light, your salt.. your signpost reads "IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, NO ONE GOES HUNGRY AND NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN."

Our king has prepared all these things for us to do.... and we sit with a "get out of hell card" sitting in the pews, glad that we are "saved" and not liking our King (at least not liking what he has called us to REALLY do) i think (and I KNOW at least for me) thats why Jesus first proclamation was in Mark 1:15 -- The Kingdom of God is near, repent and believe the good news!!" we must repent of thinking that we are the king of this kingdom, and abide by Him and not us.....

This last week i had to great opportunity to participate in His kingdom and take a sojourner from Switzerland that was backpacking Mexico into my house (see pic) What a wonderful experience it was to take this guy in and have great conversations that made him consider God. But way more than the conversations... was the actions (the actual kingdom participation) that he saw, that displayed the Father. (BTW, got him a bible and got him to read proverbs daily.. also hooked him up with one of our tshirst, sweet) Well, this guy cussed, drank, abides under another kingdom.... yet (at most as I could) I took care of him, gave him a bed, took him out to eat, payed for some of his coffee, and Loved on him. (kind of miss the guy already) (Im sure ANYONE of us would have done the same thing if a "pastor" would have come for a visit) and i got to tell you... this for me, was way more satisfying than any conference i have attended or book that I have read.

The kingdom is here, its in your backyard, go and participate. It is where we belong.

I know this was a loong one, but please let me hear your thoughts on this.. and most importantly share where you have participated, or will participate! (also let me know about Danger vs James)

love you all



Jesus totally melted this in my heart..... and it started with the poor....