When I think of the word kingdom, I think of knights, castles, shining armor, and moats. But I know Jesus wasn't talking about that.
So what is this kingdom he is talking about?
I think you can find it captured in a little prayer that all of us know pretty well...The Lord's Prayer.
Look at these 3 lines.
Your Kingdom Come
Your Will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
His kingdom is about God's will being done. Where is His will fully carried out now? In heaven. Where is it not taking place? On earth.
We live in a broken world. A place where things happen because of the world human kind has chosen to create. A world where we freely choose our own will. A world that is not the will of God.
The Kingdom is about bringing God's will to earth. Jesus ushers in that kingdom. How does that kingdom function within a broken world? Read Matthew 5-7 and hear Jesus describe an upside down world where the poor are the blessed, where the humble inherit the earth, where the hungry and thirsty are satisfied, where purity is honored, where peace is embraced.
A place where hate is overcome, where lust is replaced with love, where divorce is not needed, where people are true to their word, where enemies are driven to their knees because of love, where the needy are restored, where we depart from worthless empty treasures, where we no longer worry, where we no longer condemn and judge.
The kingdom of God is about Jesus creating something beautiful inside a broken world. The kingdom of God is about beauty growing amidst brokenness.
The kingdom of God is about restoring the earth and it's people to the way God first intended it to be.
It's about a collision of beauty with brokenness.
Seek first his kingdom.
Comments