30/11/2018
SEEKING THE KINGDOM OF GOD
They have told you to seek the kingdom of God but they have not told you what is the kingdom of God and hoe toseek it. Even if thhey did, let us see if their teachings agree with the teachings of Christ on the same topic.
In luke 9:61-62 a certain young man came to Jesus Christ and told Him I will follow you.Christ did not tell him you are not called or chosen as blind guides do. Christ accepted him. Soon after the young man asked for permission to bid farewell to his household. Christ told him, he who puts his hands to the plow and looks back is not feet for the kingdom of God.
This suggests that following Christ is the way we seek the kingdom of God. The big question is, where is Christ going to that the young man wanted to follow Him.? What does it mean to follow Christ?
Christ was on His usual witnessing tour. He was looking for the losts sheep of Israel, looking for the strayed sheep.The only promise Christ made to those who intend to follow Him is that He will make them fishers of men. Telling them foxes have holes and birds have nests but the son of man has no place to lay His heard means He is not guaranteeing followers sleeping places.
Again telling His disciples to carry their cross and follow Him to be disciples is a statement that suggests that they must make sacrifices for the sake of the gospel.
You can therefore not demand sleeping places, needs and luxuries from Christ since He never promised you that.He did not promise you promotions, new job, contracts, growth in business, traveling, husband, wife and children.The only thing He promised you is a new profession; thus fishing for men. You canonly hold Him to His words and not your words.
like the young man he wanted to follow Christ. The implication is that he wants to seek the kingdom of God.One of the sacrifice he has to make is not going back home. Another persons sacrifice is not to go back home to bury his father. Now if discipleship is the way we seek the kingdom of God, what then is the kingdom of God?
As said earlier, all the parables in the Bible paint a picture of what the kingdom of God looks like. That is why Christ always starts by saying the kimgdom like........ Now all the parables pain pictures of activities on earth and not activities in heaven. In Matthew 12:28 Christcast out demons and said the kingdom of God has come unto the beneficiary. He also told the disciples to goand preach the kingdom (gospel).
So the gospel and how God works is what is the kingdom of God. Enrolling for discipleship is seeking the kingdom of God.