Week 3 | Day 5 | The Kingdom is Where the Will of the King is Done

Command:

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33 (NIV)

Read:

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 (NIV)

Reflect:

The Kingdom of God used to be an ambiguous concept and I wondered how someone like me could get in. I finally heard Jesus say the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven will enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 7:21 (NIV) Since children do the will of their father, I decided to learn to be childlike because Jesus said Let the little children come to me, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. And … unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3, 19:14 (NIV)

Jesus teaches his children the secrets of his divine way of living. Live a cheerful life, without complaining or division among yourselves. For then you will be seen as innocent, faultless, and pure children of God, even though you live in the midst of a brutal and perverse culture. For you will appear among them as shining lights in the universe, holding out the words of eternal life. Philip 2:14-15 (TPT)

Much of what Jesus teaches is counter to the ways of our “brutal and perverse culture.” As in, “However, I say to you, love your enemy, bless the one who curses you, do something wonderful for the one who hates you, and respond to the very ones who persecute you by praying for them. For that will reveal your identity as children of your heavenly Father.” Matthew 5:44-47 (TPT) As a child of a perfect Father, I set my gaze on his goodness and work to transform over time into his likeness.

React:

We worry about basic needs. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. 

Pray:

Lord, give me the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.