Thinking about the Kingdom

October 25, 2007

Joe,

It has been tough for me to get much time to blog lately, as things have been a bit busy.  Today I began to prepare for Sunday night’s message on Jesus’ words, ‘Let your Kingdom come, let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’  It struck me that one large reason why this may not be a frequent prayer on our lips or in our heart is because we don’t know what the Kingdom of God is.

So what is the Kingdom?  That is a tough question to answer.  What I did today (thanks to some Bible software) was to look up every mention in the New Testament of the word ‘kingdom’.  I thought that it would at least get me started in reflecting on why this prayer from Matthew 6:10 is so important.  I observed some exciting things, which I hope to share tomorrow.

As for now, let us be careful to be informed about what we pray for.  How many have mindlessly uttered the Lord’s prayer for years (as we did before and after PSU games, remember?) without even knowing what they are asking for?  May we not be those people.  May we take pains to know what God has revealed about the Kingdom, so that we know what we are praying, and so that we live in such a way as to speed its coming.

Larry

Posted by Larry | Filed Under Random Musings, Seeking Him 

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