Walking in Power and Authority: A Call to Step Into the Kingdom

There comes a moment in every believer’s life when watching is no longer enough. Growth demands movement. Faith demands response. And God is calling His people into a deeper understanding of the power and authority He has placed inside them.

Drawing from Luke 9:1–6, Pastor Jeremy Eastman reminds us that Jesus never intended for His followers to live as spectators. He equips them, empowers them, and then sends them out — not in weakness, but in kingdom strength.

This passage marks a turning point. Ordinary men were invited into an extraordinary assignment: to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. It wasn’t reserved for the elite, the experienced, or the perfect. It was for those who were willing.

Called Close Before Being Sent

Before Jesus sent the disciples out, He called them to Him. Power flows from proximity. Authority grows from relationship. Nothing replaces intimacy with the Father.

A shallow connection cannot sustain a deep calling. A drive-thru prayer life cannot produce kingdom power.

Revival begins in the secret place — long before it is ever seen in the public place.

Power and Authority: Given, Not Earned

Scripture says Jesus gave them two things:

• Dunamis — supernatural, miracle-working power

• Exousia — spiritual authority, the right to act in His name

These weren’t symbolic gestures. They were real assignments backed by real power. And those same gifts are available to believers today.

So many Christians live unaware of what has been placed inside them. Power isn’t a distant promise — it’s a present reality. Authority isn’t for a select few — it’s for every believer who walks with Jesus.

Proclaim and Heal

The mandate Jesus gave was simple and direct:

Proclaim the kingdom.

Heal the sick.

The gospel was never meant to be only heard — it was meant to be demonstrated. Words and works. Message and manifestation. Heaven revealed through human vessels.

When the kingdom becomes real inside a person, it becomes visible around them.

Dependence Over Comfort

Jesus told the disciples to carry nothing extra for the journey. It wasn’t about lack; it was about trust. The kingdom advances through believers who rely on God, not on comfort or convenience.

Faith grows where dependence grows. Miracles happen where surrender happens.

Rejection: Not a Roadblock, Just a Reminder

Jesus prepared them for rejection — and instructed them to move forward without carrying the weight of it. “Shake the dust off your feet,” He said.

Rejection is not evidence of failure. Opposition is not evidence of weakness. It’s simply a reminder that the mission continues.

Many believers lose momentum because they’re carrying yesterday into today. Shake off the dust. There is too much Kingdom ahead to be chained to what’s behind.

Revival Through Obedience

The disciples went out immediately — preaching, healing, delivering, demonstrating the power of God everywhere they went. That is revival: ordinary people obeying an extraordinary God.

The church is meant to be a launchpad, not a landing zone. A training ground, not a retreat.

A place where believers are filled so they can go, strengthened so they can serve, empowered so they can impact the world around them.

Walking in Identity and Freedom

One of the biggest barriers to authority is identity. Pastor Jeremy challenges believers to stop identifying with who they were and to embrace who they are in Christ.

You were a sinner saved by grace —but now you are redeemed, called, equipped, and empowered.

Authority flows through identity.

And heaven moves through people who know who they belong to.

This Is the Call

Step closer to Jesus.

Walk in the authority He has given.

Proclaim the kingdom with confidence.

Demonstrate the gospel with boldness.

Depend on God for every step.

Shake off what’s behind you.

And move with courage into what God has placed ahead.

The world doesn’t need more spectators.

It needs kingdom carriers — believers who know the power that rests upon them and within them.

And that’s exactly who God is forming, calling, and awakening right now.