The Kingdom Currency

The Kingdom Currency

It is impossible to please God without faith. Hebrews 11:6

MANY COUNTRIES TRADE EXCLUSIVELY in their own currency. When traveling to one of them, every price you see is based on the local economy; every credit card transaction will be converted into the local currency; and you cannot rely on a merchant to take your home-country cash and exchange it later. In other words, you will have to learn how to function completely within a different economy or not function at all. You have no other options if you want to buy anything.

The Kingdom of God is no different, and its currency is faith. It functions on that currency alone. Our good behavior, achievements, bargaining power, money, and status won’t work there. We can use those things as statements of faith—money can be given in faith, positions can be utilized in faith, and so on—but faith itself has to be the driving force. The actions and substances in themselves are of no account. God’s economy is exclusive. It’s impossible to please him without faith.

We see this principle throughout Scripture. We receive salvation, our calling, answers to prayer, fruitfulness, Kingdom victories, restored relationships, and a new family all by faith. God gives us the opportunity to leverage the things of the world for eternal purposes, but we can only leverage them by faith. Nothing in his economy can be earned; his blessings can only be received. That’s how his Kingdom works.

Sadly, many Kingdom citizens sow seeds of worldly currencies in the soil of the Kingdom without faith and get no lasting harvest from them. Our discipleship teaches us otherwise. Jesus calls us into an adventure of faith, and we can only experience it by letting go of the tools and treasures we used to rely on, and embracing his words and his ways. Any other effort to please God fails. He delights in those who anchor their trust in him, who use faith as a powerful currency to bring his Kingdom into this world, and who rejoice in his provision alone.

Ultimately, faith is the only key to the universe.