Message from Scripture: 11/28/2020

 

Our message from Scripture today is Luke 12:31-32; “But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you. Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.”

 

In what has been called Luke’s sermon on the plain, Jesus speaks about kingdom principles and the difference living in and for the kingdom of God can make in the life of His disciples. To be blessed by God means we should seek His kingdom. The term seek means to look for, to strive to find. To seek God means to turn to Him, to strive humbly and sincerely to follow and obey Him. Paul reflects this when he wrote the Christians in Colossae, “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God” (Col. 3:1).

 

If our priority in life is the spiritual, seeking kingdom principles and kingdom living, then God honors us by providing what we need to live faithfully for Him, to have what we need for life. There should be no fear then, regarding what God will or won’t do for us, because we are chosen in Christ through the call of the gospel (2 Thess. 2:13-14). Seeking the kingdom, then, leads us to Christ, that we can be cleansed by His blood. We are then added by the Lord to His church, the kingdom, and living faithfully in His kingdom, we have God’s best for us.

 

Paul wrote the Colossians, “For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins” (Col. 1:13-14). Jesus reminds us God does this gladly, meaning to approve, to take pleasure in. God does everything for our salvation, and when we come to Him, He is glad, well-pleased, because His greatest desire is to see us saved.

 

May being part of the kingdom mean all of this to us. Here we have a relationship with God through Christ. Here we find salvation from sin. Here we find an abundant life. Here we have the hope of eternal life. Seek the kingdom today, and find the joy it offers for life. God bless.

 

Robert