Kingdom of God Seekers

On last Sunday, we prayed together, to be a people who are Kingdom of God seekers.

Indeed, as we prayed together, a question was raised among one of us:

Do we know...what really is the Kingdom of God? How is it like?

To understand this, let us take a look at how Jesus taught us to pray.

"Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be Your Name,

Your Kingdom come,

Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

There is a huge truth we can glean from here, about what the Kingdom of God is like:

After praying the line, "Your Kingdom come", Jesus immediately went on to pray "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

These two phrases are not two parts, but are actually one whole, where the second adds on to reinforce the desire expressed in the first.

Hence, we have a clue here:

the Kingdom of God is any place where the WILL OF GOD IS DONE THE WAY IT IS DONE IN HEAVEN.

Has it ever occurred to you how the will of God is done in heaven?

Take a while to think about it.

I suppose we all have the answer. There is no question about it.

The will of God, in heaven, is simply OBEYED.

No questions asked.

Full submission.

Undivided commitment to fulfillment by all angels in heaven.

You know, the chinese dramas we watch, where the imperial messenger reads from the decree of the emperor, and the person who listens to it has to bow down and accepts it REGARDLESS of what it is?

That is how the will of God is done in heaven. All angels and forces of nature simply do what the will of God is!

And of course, they are so full of joy when they do it, because joy is always the eventual product of obedience to God!

Friends, the Kingdom of God is simply, where the will of God is done the way it is done in heaven.

Let us take a moment now to reflect:

1) Do I want the Kingdom of God to come to earth, as the way Jesus prayed?

If yes, then it has to start somewhere. And perhaps the question to ask is therefore...

2) Do I want the Kingdom of God to come into the world where I live in?

Where my family and friends are able to understand the ABUNDANT LIFE that comes as

a result of obedience to God? Then someone has to show them. And perhaps the question

to ask has to be nothing else but...

3) Do I want the Kingdom of God to come into my own personal world of thoughts and

emotions? Am I willing to stop flirting with the world and FULLY obey God today?

Friends, in heaven, the norm is to obey God in full surrender. It is just so normal to see all angels obeying God in heaven.

Similarly, the normal Christian is one who is obeying God.

Let us not entertain any thoughts that the fully obedient Christian is an exception or should be the minority in church.

And though this is hard to accept, let us not be fooled by the evil one, but come to understand that: the ABNORMAL Christian is simply one who is not living in full submission to Christ everyday.

You and I are ABNORMAL Christians when we live in disobedience to God.

Let us be normal Christians everyday, seeking to fully obey God.

Only then can we call ourselves true Kingdom of God seekers.

And justify the desires we prayed on Sunday.