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Discipleship Focus: Kingdom
- Kingdom: We live in God’s creation, but it is fallen. We do not yet live in the fullness of God’s Kingdom. But we do know that the Kingdom of God is drawing near. We do get to see glimpses of the kingdom each and every time that God works in us and through us as He tries to demonstrate Himself to the world.
With
a chapter like Luke 8, there are so many ways to go. In this chapter we have parables, healing
stories, and general story telling. As I
was pondering the scope of all of these stories the thought struck me that each
of these stories are tied together by the underlying theme of God’s Kingdom
coming.
Think
about it for a second. What does God’s
Kingdom look like? God’s Kingdom looks
like His disciples and the women following Jesus around and serving His
ministry. God’s Kingdom looks like a
community that bases its existence not on genealogy but on unity in the work of
the Father.
The
Kingdom of God also looks like a demoniac who finds himself cleansed of the
legion, sitting at the feet of Jesus, absorbing everything Jesus can teach him,
and preparing himself to go and give his testimony to the people around
him. The Kingdom of God looks like an
unknown woman who finds herself cured of a twelve-year illness just because she
drew close enough to Jesus to touch Him.
The Kingdom of God looks like a synagogue leader’s daughter raised to
new life as she crosses the threshold from childhood to adulthood. The Kingdom of God looks like Jesus pulling
His inner core of disciples into a private moment of discipleship within the
synagogue leader’s house.
The
Kingdom also looks like Jesus teaching us to let our light shine for all the
world to see. The Kingdom of God looks
like Jesus reminding us to allow space for God’s Word to grow and not be choked
out by the concerns of the world and the shallowness of our own life.
This
is what the kingdom of God looks like!
This is what happens when Jesus comes into our life. People’s lives are changed through word and
action. That’s the kingdom.
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