In Matthew 6:10 Jesus teaches us to pray, “Your kingdom come.” This is coupled with the phrase, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” God’s kingdom and God’s will seem to be the two realities that ought to consume the lives of people who dare call Jesus Savior and Lord.

Is there a way for all of life to be lived with God’s kingdom and God’s will as the basic, non negotiable passion and pursuit for a person? This leads to the question about how exactly God’s kingdom is among us and how we can discern it’s influence.

In some of His parables Jesus spoke of how the kingdom is like leaven or a mustard seed; small, almost unnoticeable until it reveals how it is present, and then it’s presence cannot be ignored. At the same time the kingdom is of such value that it would be quite realistic for a person to give their whole life to it; no holding back, no marginalizing, only all out and full commitment to what God is doing in all His creation.

Jesus calls us to pray for the coming of God’s kingdom. This is how important it is to Him. Nothing to the left, nothing to the right; the kingdom of God only. YOUR WILL BE DONE, He prayed. Do what you have to do, sell what you have to sell, jettison anything that stands in the way, and live for the presence of the kingdom of God among us.

Fall in love with Jesus and build your life around the grace of God that comes to us in Him. Nothing to the left; nothing to the right; “Thy kingdom come; they will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”