In worship yesterday at our church, Hope UC Nashville, with Dustin Smith leading worship, the Lord took me into an encounter that will mark me for life. I was put in a tube, like that of a tube at a bank drive thru, and I was shot up into the heavenly realms. Once in that dimension, I saw what looked like beams of light shooting back and forth. In my mind, I thought the kingdom of God is like a freight train, but I was quickly corrected in my thinking as I heard, “The kingdom of God is a force that is unstoppable!”

The words reverberated inside of me in such a way I knew it was marking me. As I watched this force of light moving in this heavenly dimension, I stuck out my hands and the light went through my hands. I left my hands up as the light went through me, around me, in me and all I know is that the power of this force of light was undeniable.

The lyrics we were singing while I was having this vision, encounter, experience was “Sing hallelujah, the Lion of Judah has overcome…” The words matched the experience and I realized the force of light, love, hope, joy, peace, righteousness and presence God has available to us. In that moment, I knew there was nothing on earth that can stop the force called the kingdom of God.

Matthew 11:12 (NLT) says, “From the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people are attacking it.”

The kingdom of God is resisted by the religious, the political and spiritual forces, but God has put the kingdom of God inside of us in the Holy Spirit. As we partner with God, the force I experienced in this vision is available to us on earth. It will be resisted, but it is unstoppable and when you see it, experience it, your faith, like mine, will never be the same again. It is not longer words, but an experience I can’t deny when I say, “Nothing is impossible with God.” He is is force that is unstoppable!