A KINGDOM FOCUS

IT IS TRULY INTERESTING HOW WE DEFINE AND DESCRIBE RELIGION IN OUR WORLD TODAY. YOU EITHER HAVE ONE, DON’T HAVE ONE, ARE CONSIDERING ONE, OR COULDN’T CARE LESS.. OFTEN, YOUR RELIGION GIVES YOU A BASIC BELIEF SYSTEM, A SET OF RULES AND RITUALS, AND AN ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THE BASIC QUESTIONS OF POWER AND MEANING. THEY ALL CLAIM TO SHOW US THE “TRUTH”, AND THEY ALL CLAIM SUPERIORITY OVER EACH OTHER. IN THE PAST WHEN I WOULD GET INTO A CONVERSATION REGARDING RELIGION, I WOULD DEFINE MYSELF AS A CHRISTIAN. I GREW UP IN A METHODIST CHURCH, SPENT MY TEENAGE YEARS AT AN EVANGELICAL CHURCH, BACK TO THE METHODIST CHURCH IN COLLEGE AND ULTIMATELY BACK TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOR MY WEDDING. IT WAS A WELL TRAVELED PATH, BUT I ALWAYS HAD A FOCUS ON JESUS, NOT SO MUCH ON DENOMINATIONAL BACKGROUND AND TENANTS OF FAITH. MY FAITH WAS IN JESUS, AND IT STILL IS. THE THING IS, I STARTED TO FIND OUT WAS THAT ALL THESE DENOMINATIONS THAT DEFINED THEMSELVES AS “CHRISTIANS”, ALL HAD DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE BIBLE, THE JEWISH PEOPLE, GOD’S COMMANDMENTS, AND ON AND ON. CAN YOU SAY “CONFUSING” !!! IT SURE IS IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOCUS OFF JESUS AND FOCUS ON CHURCH DOCTRINE.

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME IN THE WRITINGS AND THOUGHTS OF DR. MYLES MUNROE, AND HIS TEACHING AND WISDOM HAS TRULY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN KNOWING JESUS AND THE MESSAGE HE WAS SHARING. THE MESSAGE WAS ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A KINGDOM RULERSHIP ON THIS PLANET FROM THE HEAVENLY REALM.

MATTHEW 6:33 BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL ELSE WILL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU.

WOW, SO WE SEEK HIS KINGDOM, AND STRIVE TO BE IN THE RIGHT ALIGNMENT AND FELLOWSHIP WITH HIS AUTHORITY, AND ALL OUR SELF NEEDS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO US! WE WILL BE A PART OF HIS KINGDOM. WE ARE PART OF HIS ROYAL FAMILY, AND HE WILL SHOW US OUR TRUE PURPOSE OF DOMINION AND RULERSHIP OVER THE EARTH AS HIS PEOPLE. A LOVING KING THAT WE WILL SHARE ETERNITY WITH…..I AM ALL IN FOR THAT! KINGDOM SURE SOUNDS GOOD, BUT I HAD A LOT MORE QUESTIONS, AND MY PLAN IS TO SHARE SOME OF THE INCREDIBLE THINGS I HAVE LEARNED FROM THOSE ANSWERS…..LETS GO :) JA