What are you living for?
After a great Neal Conference week with John Smed and Fernando Ortega, we have a less scheduled week for chapel. Our Day of Prayer is tomorrow, and we’re looking forward to watching the sun rise together at Rock City and joining together for prayer on campus. Yesterday, though, Chaplain Messner returned us to our studies in Mark, reminding us of the good news of the kingdom.
When we think about the coming of the Kingdom, the perfect righteous reign and rule of God, embraced and submitted to with perfect fidelity so that the character of God molds and shapes everything, we are left with two realities. One, we look all around us and see that the kingdom has not come in its fullness: the effects of the curse are all around us. Two, we know that all is not lost. When the king comes again he will redeem not just us but the whole of what he has made. Jesus did that work when he came to earth. On the cross he went to heart of the problem, and dealt with our sin, bearing its full curse unto death. Then in his resurrection, he showed his complete and total victory over sin. So, what does this mean for us now?
We are to repent and confess our sin and rebellion, and turn in faith to believe the gospel. We also are called to a full-orbed witness to the kingdom, in our kingdom prayer, our evangelism, but also in our relationships, our work, our communities as we taste the blessings of the kingdom now and declare its future glory.
How can we remind each other about the kingdom as we go about our daily lives?
What does it look like for you to bring a kingdom witness into your spheres of life?
Published on 23 Sep 2008 by Christiana Fitzpatrick at 3:31 pm.
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