Environments shape us or we shape them. Whatever environment Jesus found himself in, he changed it, no matter what it was. When he walked into a town, the atmosphere shifted. When he encountered a leper whose environment was sickness, Jesus changed it to healing. Why? In the Kingdom of God, there is no sickness. This is why Jesus would say when he healed someone, “the Kingdom has come near you today”. Jesus functioned in the power of the Holy Spirit, the same one that raised him from the dead, and oh yeah, he is within anyone who follows Jesus (Romans 8).


Jesus laid aside his deity (Godness or special abilities, including the ability to perform miracles, signs, and wonders) [Philippians 2]. Jesus was filled and baptized in the Holy Spirit in the Jordan river (Luke 4) and went into the wilderness filled with the Spirit but came out in the power of the Spirit (different). It wasn’t until this moment of power that Jesus performed ANY miracles. It was through the power of the Holy Spirit Jesus changed environments. Hmm, interesting isn’t it?


He has given us the same Holy Spirit and in John 14 says we will do “even greater works” than him. John 20:21 he says, “as the Father sent me, now I send you”. 1 John 3:8 says, “the Father sent Jesus to destroy the works of the devil”. We have been given the assignment of destroying the works of the devil…or, change the environments around us. The devil was called the prince and power of the air, so he has had influence on environments. It’s time for Jesus’ kids to have GREATER influence. Jesus has already paid the price for this, it’s just about his kids walking it out on earth…as it is in heaven.


No matter what environment we find ourselves in, we have the opportunity to change it because we CARRY the Kingdom with us. Ephesians 2:6 says, “we are seated with Christ in the heavenly realms”. Right now, yeah, right now. So, we are living from heaven to earth. On earth as it is in heaven. Jesus’ death and resurrection has given us full access to the heavenly realms, which holds a limitless Kingdom that has no lack, sickness, or work of the devil.


Walk your campus, yes YOUR campus with full confidence in what Jesus has placed within you. He is the Holy Spirit. He comes in us for us, but he comes UPON us for others. He has come in, but he wants out. Allow the Holy Spirit to flow through your life to shift and change the environments around you. You are a Kingdom Environmentalist.