Kingdom Thinking
by Jason A. Aguilar

When a plane makes its final approach to land at 175 miles per hour, the wheels don’t turn. It is not until the wheels make contact with the runway that they will spin at the same speed as the plane. Many citizens of the Kingdom judge their lives like these wheels. They feel they are stagnant, forgotten, and not turning and moving at the same speed as the Kingdom. But these citizens must not judge their lives by the inoperative function of the wheels. They must judge their lives by the speed of the plane because at some point, that plane will hit the runway. When it does, those wheels will spin at the same speed. The Church is about to hit the runway. We are making our final approach and when the plane is in the distance the wheels don’t spin. As we come close to hitting the runway, the enemy is going to send an updraft of resistance. There are spiritual agencies organized against us to make sure there is no Kingdom contact. However, when the plane hits the runway, the wheels in our heads are going to start moving and thinking at the speed of the Kingdom.

“But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end, when many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.” Daniel 12:4 (New Living Translation)

The world today is accelerating at high speeds on various levels. Everything is getting faster and better. Technology knowledge is multiplying every 18 months and people can travel to anywhere in the world within 24 hours. The internet is bringing massive changes in the way capital flows, translating into an economic boom of global proportions. The vast majority of business to business transactions are electronic, making procedures easier, faster, and less expensive. Money is always in search of the place where it gets the best return in the shortest amount of time. In his book, Business @ the Speed of Thought, Bill Gates wrote, "A person cannot develop a successful strategy, undertake the right ventures, or effectively understand what to do next without building on insights from the facts and data." As Gates has built insights on the business systems of this world, we must build spiritual insights from the kingdom principles found in God’s Word. The internet should teach us how we should function in God’s kingdom. It functions through the circulation of knowledge in cyberspace. Kingdom knowledge circulates through the Spirit. It is our connectedness to the leading of the Spirit that kingdom workers and investors will accelerate the establishment of the Kingdom of God on a global scope. How you gather, manage, and use Kingdom knowledge will determine whether you win or lose.

“And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.” Luke 16:8 (King James Version)

Jesus told this parable of the unjust steward to illustrate that the business world is wiser or “outthinks” the church world. The unjust steward was commended, not for his disloyalty to his master, but for his insight and understanding of the business system he was working. He knew what the next step was. Furthermore, Jesus wasn’t saying the business world is more intelligent. What about the 4.0 g.p.a. student who gives his life to Jesus? Is he less intelligent after the fact? Of course not. Jesus was saying that the children of this world know how to use their system. Do we know ours? Most believers really don’t have deep insight into the systems of the Kingdom. The Word of God helps believers create value systems. When the value systems in the life of a believer are not working correctly, he needs the Word to help him correct those wrong mindsets. It is dangerous to understand the moving of the Spirit without having an understanding of value. There must be a balance between Word and Spirit. That is why some people can believe God for spiritual things but not for natural things. They have the faith to believe for the raising of the dead but not for two million dollars to pay off a church mortgage. A system of value is shut down and closed to kingdom prosperity.

This is what the battle is all about. It’s all about revelation and insight. It is about what one knows or could know if he continues to develop a deep understanding of the principles of the kingdom. Money doesn’t rule the world. Ideas rule the world. He that controls the minds of individuals controls the world.

“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” 2 Corinthians 4:4 (King James Version)

“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (King James Version)

It is no wonder Paul warned the Church that the battles are won by changing our mindsets. The spiritual agencies of this world war against your mind by trying to elevate its ideas higher than the knowledge of God. These agencies know if a believer spends time continually thinking and gets past the visualizing of material things, because that’s where most people start, God will give him ideas, concepts, and insights. These ideas, concepts, and insights are promise seeds of a future. Everything we do in life must be given thought and those thoughts make us productive.

Our ministry seemed unproductive, inoperative, and stagnant the first two years in Long Island. I wanted to see immediate results. But taking dominion through kingdom principles takes time and requires discipline. We lose all our rights when we come under Kingdom order. Its laws are governed in a spiritual environment; therefore, most things do not transpire from heaven to earth immediately. The Kingdom of God manifests itself on various levels. As a rocket gains momentum, it takes time to gain momentum when establishing a church. The greatest challenge is getting off the ground. Our experience here in New York was as such. Once that plane hit the runway for us, everything gained momentum from membership, to finances, to cross-cultural outreach, to territory, to properties, to staffing, to influence in the community, to resources, to partners, and everything in-between. The Church is now growing on various levels. Today, there are many areas of growth I cannot see because the Kingdom has expanded beyond my own vision and reach. And that’s when you know you are growing; when growth happens beyond your limitations, abilities, and thinking.

“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” Ephesians 3:20 (King James Version)

God does it better than we can image. Kingdom thinking takes over and we simply ride the momentum to where the Lord leads us. Our leaders in New York have been trained and empowered to think of innovative ways to take dominion over their communities. Our daily ministry expands beyond the four walls of the Sunday service. Although we have purchased a property in New York, with the help of many kingdom investors, we have not limited the ministry or the message to the church building. We continue to invest in other means throughout Long Island to reach all people wherever they may be. A giant map of Long Island sits in our church conference room with words on it expressing our local church vision best, “Reaching all of Long Island” with the Kingdom message. In the last few weeks, our ministry has grown exponentially with a residual blessing attached. We are fulfilling God’s first kingdom command to Adam - be fruitful, multiply, and replenish. Adam was given the building blocks for taking dominion - produce the idea, patent and replicate it on a massive level, and then export it throughout the world. When we take dominion using the system of God’s kingdom, the Church is accelerated beyond the limitations of human reasoning. We now move at the speed of God’s thoughts: solving problems of thinking on one level with the solutions of thinking on a higher level.