“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
I have often missed the kingdom that is alive and well all around me. Instead I fight through my days trying to get my will done and thinking little of God’s will. How do I get sidetracked so easily? I want my life to matter and I spend time analyzing the better deal between Dish and DirecTV. I want to live for God and his desire but after I catch each game during March Madness and whenever the Rangers aren’t playing. I want God’s kingdom to come and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven as soon as I get in a bigger house and can drive a newer truck.
I know I’m not alone. I talk to friends daily who want a life that is worthy of our calling, a life lived in the freedom, peace and joy we have experienced at times (but not all the time). We all want a life that is worth dying for because anything that good is very good. The question boils down to whether I really want the kingdom to come on earth and what I am willing to give to make it happen.
I don’t fit your typical rapper profile but I do like my rap music and I like it loud with lots of bass. One of the new Christian-themed rappers I have listened to recently is PRO and I was struck by the spoken lyrics of his song “A Life Worth Dying For”.
Within all men, there's a desire
To push through the pain and not burn as we walk through the fire, see
Though we know there's something much greater than us,
Our hearts desire, tells us the only thing important, is us
From life's first cry to our final resting position
Is a constant jockeying for significance and attention
And as we chase the Grim Reaper with his diamond covered sickle
Or send our brothers to meet him with vanity's pistol
It's clear that we are craving life!
Yet misdirected, trapped in the snare of night
Who can save us from this dastardly device?
Give us purpose as we claw and we fight?
This can't be it, I'm sure there's more.
Show us a life, worth dying for...
What would you give to see the kingdom come? I question just how much I’m willing to give.
This I do know, if I diligently seek God’s will to be done on earth, I will see the kingdom come and I will experience the joy and excitement that God has always intended for each of us. I want to see the kingdom come. I want to see men, women and children brought together: sharing instead of fighting, rejoicing instead of shouting, dying to live instead of simply living and dying.
Choosing to follow the will of God, choosing to follow Christ and become his disciple, this is what will allow God’s kingdom on earth to do things in mankind’s heart, mind and soul we only scratch the surface of dreaming about.
Show me a life worth dying for...
Grace and peace.
Jeff Jones
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