Episode 143: Focusing on the Kingdom - Seeing, entering and experiencing God's Kingdom Pt. 2

Focus on the Kingdom of God – see, enter and experience God’s kingdom Pt. 2

If there is ever a message the world needs to hear, it’s the message of the kingdom within, because everything we need in this journey is within each and every one of us NOW. Don’t push off in the future what is already here now.

Understanding and Experiencing the Kingdom of God within us

Last week we talked about how you don’t have to die to experience the kingdom. This week we are going to discuss the kingdom within us. There are many scriptures referring to the kingdom within, however there are two that stand out.

1John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. No matter what the world throws at us, we can overcome the world because of his light in us. The kingdom of darkness is all around us, but he has placed us in a cocoon. We are in a protective bubble that gives us the ability to recognize and protect us from the darkness that tries to consume us. A little bitty light can dispel a lot of darkness. Go into a dark room and light a match and see darkness flee.

Col 1:26 There is a divine mystery—a secret surprise that has been concealed from the world for generations, but now it’s being revealed, unfolded and manifested for every holy believer to experience. 27 Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it!

We must not see our union as God and me. We are both one. One is one, not that God is out there in the cosmos somewhere and I am here. Jesus said, the father and I are one, then he goes on to say, “I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Is that not one. I was taught that Jesus and the father are one, but they would stop short of the father, Jesus and I am one, because that would suggest that if we are one, then God has shared his divinity with us. In Phil 2:5, Paul said that the way Jesus saw himself is the way we should see ourselves. Weren’t we created in God’s image and likeness? Weren’t we also told to be partakers of his divine nature, and doesn’t the Bible say that when we see him as he is, we will be like him? We are being transformed into his image. Our minds are being renewed and transformed into him.

Focusing on the Kingdom of God

As believers, our attention is called to the Kingdom of God — to see, enter, and truly experience the reality of God’s reign. The Kingdom is not something external or remote; rather, it is present within each of us. This profound truth is echoed in the words of Jesus in Luke 17:21: “The kingdom is not discovered in one place or another, for God’s kingdom realm is already expanding within some of you.”

2Ti 1:14Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you

Living from the Inside Out

To experience the fullness of God’s Kingdom, we must learn to live from the inside out. This means aligning our hearts and lives with the work and guidance of the Holy Spirit, allowing God’s reign to transform us from within. When we do so, we are able to tap into the richness and abundance that His Kingdom offers.

We have a treasure trove of everything we need living right inside of us.
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