There are no Jews, Greeks, etc.. Part 8

Do we know what lies ahead for all of us? Do we know what being in His kingdom and preparing ourselves for it’s coming means, today of all days? Jesus came to establish His kingdom. (Matt 12:28) on earth. If we really examine the Lord’s Prayer, this is what indeed he is doing so that his apostles and ultimately future generations know what it is to get into the Kingdom of God, as well as to be prepared for what lies ahead. He doesn’t want us to get caught up in the wiles of time He wants us to be aware that once we are God’s children, time is no longer an issue, except that the race we run toward introducing souls to God continues to the end and our faith must continue forever. But time, in terms of how we enter His Kingdom, is eternal now. God doesn’t give us any more assignments except to live our life as His Son did. Once He is here, demons run from him, and we are told in James that’s what will happen if we invoke God. Demons come in all shapes and forms. Unless they looked appetizing or appealing and gratifying, none of us would want to defrock and give in. But the demons of this world, money, power, beauty, sex, entertainment, etc. are a mere stranglehold on us, a pair of blinders that we must take off to be in His Kingdom of Heaven. (Matt 19:24). Does food control me? It is a demon and can lead to a downfall for me. What of alcohol, drugs, or other items? Is shopping something I am just totally obsessed with so much so that I have to go in every store I see? Realize that food and shopping are necessities, but we can be so self-absorbed that we hoard those items and believe they are ours and we have a right to them and that other people are trying to steal them from us. Our desires become our God. God says if this is the case, we must re-route our attitude. When I allow something other than God to control my life and my habits, then I have forgotten whose I truly am. I have forgotten my citizenship in His Kingdom, and how close I can come to losing this citizenship. While Christ died for me and there is nothing I can do to work my way into heaven, I don’t realize that when I deny His Lordship, when I deny God is the only God by my actions, God will not stand for it. There are things that God wants me to put in my life, He wants me to behave a certain way and He wants me to be humble. To humble myself in His sight, to not be dependant on anyone, anything other than Him. Jesus told the Pharisees to repent for the Kingdom was at hand. (Matt 4:17) Much like an Olympic torchbearer, he carried this torch, showing all the way until the day he died and was resurrected. And he made his apostles carry the torch, as the Spirit descended upon them in Matt 10:7. And we are told to carry it too, in Acts 2:38, the promise was given for all generations in the past and in the future. And so the torch is lit for all generations to come. And through this we will enter the Kingdom, if our focus and movements and actions are based on doing only the Father’s Will.