The Alphabet of Faith — “K” is for Kingdom

4 Comments Posted by on May 10, 2012

The Alphabet of Faith is what we’re calling this series in which we’re identifying a key word that begins with each letter of the alphabet. “K” is our letter for this week.

 

“K” stands for Kingdom!

 

If you look at our world from space you don’t see different countries, just one world. Look at a globe and you’re likely to see the countries clearly outlined. There’s 193 countries in the United Nations and a few that aren’t, bringing the total to somewhere around 200 countries in all.

 

I have an old map that hung in the country school in Iowa I attended back in the 1950s. That map looks a lot different than a map today. Countries and kingdoms come and go. There’s one kingdom however that’s going to be around forever, long after all current countries and kingdoms are gone. That kingdom is the Kingdom of God, sometimes called the Kingdom of Heaven. Those two terms appear 136 times in the Bible.

 

The Kingdom of God is unique in that it is a kingdom with no borders, a kingdom that spans two realities, the earthly and the heavenly, and a kingdom where God Himself is king. We’re invited to a dual citizenship, to be part of the Kingdom of God as well as the earthbound country of which we’re a citizen.

 

You could say that the headquarters, the capital, of the Kingdom of God is in heaven; it’s sometimes called the Kingdom of Heaven. The apostle Paul even wrote that, “…our citizenship is in heaven…” (Philippians 3:20) But Jesus taught us, His followers, to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10) We’re to wish and to work that God’s sphere of influence will expand upon this earth as it already exists in heaven.

 

A kingdom presupposes a king. What does it mean for God to be king and to rule and reign in our lives? We could spend a lot of time reflecting on that, but suffice it to say that it means we yield leadership of our lives over to Him.

 

Each of us has places to go, people to see, and things to do. It is in this going, seeing, and doing in our own unique sphere of influence that we can expand God’s influence. Let’s make it our prayer today and every day, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven.” Let’s bring a little of heaven down to earth, infiltrating the kingdom of this world for God through what we think, say, do, and pray!

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4 responses to “The Alphabet of Faith — “K” is for Kingdom”

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