I Want to Demonstrate the Kingdom of God Better Every Day

Daily writing promptWhat do you wish you could do more every day?View all responses

The kingdom of God is close by and available to all people, but it is invisible and can’t be seen with the eye because it occurs in human hearts (not in visible institutions or governments). When Jesus is allowed to rule as the supreme Lord and Master in a person’s heart, that person begins to live by and demonstrate the wonderful fruit of the Spirit and the characteristics of the Beatitudes. Refuse to settle for anything less in your life.

The kingdom of God isn’t somewhere beyond you in societal structures and organizations. It’s within you. If you won’t let Jesus be your King and Commander and govern your life from within, you’ll won’t experience the kingdom of God.

You will know that the kingdom (inner government of God) is within you when you see and sense the fruit of the Spirit and the characteristics of the Beatitudes growing and flourishing within you. When the fruit of the Spirit is missing the kingdom of God has been abandoned. When you don’t see the Beatitudes in people’s behavior and words, they aren’t seeking first the kingdom of God.

The traditional church service trains people to receive information from one person week after week. It neglects to train people to connect (and stay connected) heart-to-heart with King Jesus and with one another.

The kingdom (inner government) of God begins to manifest when Christians gather to let King Jesus be the Head and Director of the meeting as they each one follow and obey the inner promptings of the Holy Spirit. If we follow our own programs, agendas, order of worship, opinions, feelings, and desires, we’re focusing on our own kingdom instead of on God’s kingdom.

For far too many Christians the Bible is like a recipe book. They set it on a counter but seldom pick it up and read it. When they do pick it up, they read a couple of recipes and then quickly walk away without following them. They would rather hear a man talk about the Bible once a week instead of ceaselessly following its instructions and cooking up a marvelous relationship with the risen King Jesus.

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