God's Kingdom rule

October 31, 2010

The kingdom of God is here and not yet.

We live in an age of tension – the time when God’s reign is here but yet not fully in place. Victories are relished in the midst of sin. While there is healing, there is still sickness and pain. The kingdom of God coexists with the ugliness of man’s sin.

Yet the light has penetrated into the darkness and disarms its lies and deceptions. Where the light has fallen, there is liberty. There is freedom to choose the light over the darkness.

As disciples, we long to walk in obedience but struggle with surrendering our wills to His kingdom rule. One of the reasons for our struggle is because it is frightening to relinquish our control over to God.

If we have been walking with God long enough, we realize that God has His own ideas, His own timing and His own way of doing things.

God cannot fit into a box. He is uncontainable, unpredictable and honestly, doesn’t fit into our framework or our timetable. And that honestly is quite annoying.

What do we do with such a God?

I suggest we follow His cues, go by His timetable and play by His rules.

Then perhaps when we pray the Lord’s Prayer, “Your kingdom come, Thine will be done on earth as it is in heaven. … for Thine is the kingdom, power and the glory forever” - we can truly AMEN it.