Sermon - Occupy Till I Come
Sermon - Occupy Till I Come
Sermon - Occupy Till I Come
Luke 19:12-13 Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom
and to return. 13 So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business
till I come.'
He did not say be pre-occupied with my coming till I come! He said “Occupy till I come”
Do business till I come – what business? Trade till I come? What trade? Occupy till I come? What are you buying up? What
are you increasing?
Our God-given assignment is to DOMINATE – expand the land that I own, increase the space / territory over which I am
a landlord!
This world is in rebellion to God – the ways of men are not the same with the ways of God.
Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign
over us.
We sing the song “just take the whole world and give me Jesus!” But Jesus says no – take the whole world and give me
more land – occupy till I come!
Okezie - here are KINGDOM RESOURCES – increase the amount of land I own in this world! DOMINATE IT – bring it
under subjection to the WILL OF GOD!
Until you recognize that everything God does is to help us – me and you - perform and execute this original mandate of
humanity, you will waste time and God’s possession will never come into your possession.
The only reason God will put God’s possession into your possession is because you have been possessed by God’s mandate
– to DOMINATE, to get MORE LAND for God!
To make this land, this nation, this city, that office, that industry, wherever you are a part of the king’s domain.
He gave them minas according to their ABILITIES – not according to their righteousness, not according to their faith – but
according to their ABILITY – their ability to give God MORE land in the world!
And so let your kingdom come EVERYWHERE I AM - beginning with me – is the first prayer you must learn to pray with
your full chest if you EVER want possess God’s possession.
Because the level of kingdom-mindedness that possess you determines the level of kingdom resources you will possess.
2. The more dominion you gain for God’s kingdom the more kingdom resources you will gain. [The more territories
you win for God, the more God will reward you with territories to win]
Luke 19:15-19 "And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these
servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had
gained by trading. 16 Then came the first, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned ten minas.' 17 And he said
to him, 'Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.' 18
And the second came, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned five minas.' 19 Likewise he said to him, 'You also
be over five cities.'
The nobleman had gone to receive a kingdom – yet it was his servants who would give him dominion.
You can have a kingdom – authority to rule over a territory but may not have dominion – a territory over which to actually
rule!
God is king – the planet, this earth is part of God’s kingdom – but how many of us agree that God does not have dominion
on this earth?
Why – the citizens of this earth have said “God will not rule over us”!
But what does the noble man do – he hands over kingdom resources to kingdom-minded people and tells them – go and
occupy – go and trade - go and do business till I come!
What was he telling them? I am a king without a dominion – I need landlords who loyal to me – who will increase the
territory in my kingdom over which I have dominion!
God wants you to trade kingdom resources – to take what God has given you and deploy it in exchange for land / territory
/ people whom God wants.
When God gives you ANYTHING it is because God has someone else in mind – God wants you to use that thing to win him
that territory!
Isaiah 26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we
make mention of thy name.
God has the Kingdom – but the DOMINION belongs to God’s landlords – those who will intentionally go after territories
for God!
Colossians 1:13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of
the Son he loves,
Who will God use to rescue people from the dominion of darkness? Me and you! Those whom he had given Kingdom
resources in order for them to exchange them for territories in rebellion, under dominion of darkness!
So your second prayer point is not “O Lord give me more money” but “O Lord give me more territory, expand and extend
my coast – the sphere of my influence – the places and people I can have dominion over FOR YOU!”
Because the more dominion you gain for God, the more kingdom resources you will gain. The more territories you win for
God the more God will reward you with territories to win!
3. God will decrease the kingdom resources you possess to increase the kingdom intelligence you possess. God will
increase the kingdom resources you possess as you are increasing the kingdom intelligence you possess.
Whenever you are not deploying kingdom resources towards kingdom dominion in any area, it is because you lack
kingdom intelligence in that area.
We lose every kingdom resource that we are not deploying to increase kingdom dominion! Whatever kingdom resources
you are not deploying towards kingdom dominion you will lose!
God will transfer kingdom resources to you the more you are possessing kingdom intelligence on how to exchange
kingdom resources for greater dominion for God!
I wish someone will hear this today! If you want MORE kingdom resources – increase your kingdom intelligence!
Luke 19:20-26 "Then another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece
of cloth. 21 I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap
what you did not sow.' 22 "His master replied, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You
knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why
then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?' 24
"Then he said to those standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'
25 "'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!' 26 "He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given,
but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away.
God does not respond to “why is the rich getting richer” God does not care about equality. God’s interest is interest!
The problem with this man was not the one minas (one million dollars) – it was the mindset he had. He lacked kingdom
mindset – he was paralyzed by fear! He did not think like his Master!
God knows that if you do not have kingdom intelligence for the amount of resources you are praying for, you will
squander those kingdom resources – like the prodigal son.
Oh the devil of $1m is very different from devil of $10k! I can tell you from my own personal experience!
Do not say “I can never be like that person” until you have handled the kind of money you have never handled before,
the kind of power you have never been given before or the kind of pleasure you have never tasted before!
You have not yet been given $1m and yet you feel like the whole church should bow to you because of your tithe of 20k
– what will now happen when you give tithe of $100k or $1m – then you want to own the whole church.
No one can talk to you now because you are making $20k a month – you have become big Madam or big Oga! You think
God will give you $200k a month? Do you know there are people who give away or lose that $20k every day and yet no
one has heard about them?
Look at this wicked servant – telling the master who gave him $1 million to trade for free – you are a hard man, you are
bad master – basically suggesting he is BETTER than his master!
What would you do with $1m cash? If you do not have a clear, concise, well-prepared plan, that is if you do not have the
intelligence needed to win territories for God with that money – your imagination & dreaming will get the better of you –
and you will lose that money if you are lucky. Most people will LOSE their SOULS!
$1m should NEVER fund your dreams – it should fund KINGDOM DEMAND!
What would you do with $1k? You should spend all that money acquiring the kingdom intelligence that will help you win
territory for God!
Conclusion
1. The level of kingdom-mindedness that possesses you determines the level of kingdom resources you will be given.
2. The more dominion you gain for God’s kingdom the more kingdom resources you will gain. [The more territories you
win for God, the more God will reward you with territories to win]
3. God will decrease the kingdom resources you possess to increase the kingdom intelligence you possess. God will
increase the kingdom resources you possess as you are increasing the kingdom intelligence you possess.