Yesterday I mentioned that we have to 'seek the Kingdom of Heaven' and today I just want to say a little about how we are to seek this kingdom. Its always easy to say that we have to do something, but its just so much harder actually doing it.
We are called to be citizens of Christ's Kingdom. Ok, you say, that's fair enough, I'll do my bit and live my life differently than the world around me. I go to church, I do bible study, I don't go nightclubbing etc. However, there is so much more in being a citizen of the Kingdom of God, that just doing those 'expected' things.
The way that we should stand out as being different from the world is in the everyday things we do. For instance, do you join in with your mates when they criticise and demean a teacher or fellow colleague? Do you enjoy hearing the latest gossip as it spreads around your circle of friends? Do you actually stop and refrain from an activity because you know that it would not bring glory to God? Do you stand up and intervene when you hear the name of God blasphemed and trod in the mud? and the list could go on...
I'm sorry to say that so often I find myself not doing what I should. Its so much easier to just go with the flow and let things be rather than causing strife or division. Yet if God's holy name and reputation is trampled underfoot because we, as children of God who called to be His image, do not uphold His reputation, then how are we living as citizens of His kingdom. Do we portray the lifestyle of a citizen of the glorious kingdom of heaven or of the kingdom of darkness?
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