We're not of this World

Introduction:But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 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 Corrinthians 4:3-4).
　
At different times in scripture, the devil was Discribed as "the prince of this world" and "the god of this world." As much as these two sound alike, they mean different things. The term, "world," used in both phrases, was transfered from two seperate Greek words: "Cosmos" and "Aion". Cosmos to everythings in the world and its physical arrangement; all the beauty of the world and everything in it. "Aion", on the other hand means " a dispensetion of time; an age in which certain things happen," for example, the stone Age or the Ice Age. It refers to the way of doing things in that period of time.

The devil became prince or ruler of this world when Adam committed high treason and handed over the Cosmos to him. But when Jesus- the second and last Adam came, He dispossessed satan of his authority by virtue of His death. buriel and resurrection, and gave us the victory! That was why He told His disciples: "Now is the judgement of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted from the earth, will draw all men unto me" (John 12:31-32).

Thus, satan doesn't have any right over this physical world anymore; he only has right over the age (the aion or the system of this world) which includes the world's economy, fashion, arts, science, and so on, because he's responsible for its way of life. This explain why many of these things are in a mess; its because satan is the god of the age.

We're however not of this age; we belong in God's kingdom and operate by a different set of rules. Wedon't depend on the social, financial, economic and health systems of this world, because they are programmed to fail! We depend only on the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and we operate by the principles of God's Kingdom. We're not of this world.
　
Prayer

Dear Father, I thank you for showing me today that i'm not of this world. Its systems don't apply to me because i operate by the higher principles of God' kingdom. I refuse to be bound by the limitation that exist in the world today, for greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Amen.