Thy Kingdom Come

sunset on Sanibel Island
2019

"Here is another illustration Jesus used: 'The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of the garden plants; it grows into a tree, and birds come and make nests in its branches.'" (Matthew 12:31-31)

Chances are that you have said the Lord's Prayer many times and prayed, "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Have you ever stopped and pondered what you're  asking God to do?

In the Gospel of Matthew, when Jesus began His ministry, He proclaimed: "Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near!" Over His three-year ministry, Jesus gave His disciples word pictures of the Kingdom of God (also called the Kingdom of Heaven) through parables. In Matthew chapter 13 alone, there are the parable of the seeds and soils, the parable of the wheat and the weeds, the parable of the mustard seed, the parable of the yeast, the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl, and finally the parable of the fishing net.

Beloved, do you feel this old world is getting worse and worse? Be encouraged in the parables of the Kingdom. God's Kingdom came to earth through a Babe in a manger over 2,000 years ago. And ever since, the Sower (the Son of God) has been planting and planting and planting His good seed (the message of the Kingdom) into good soil (those who hear and understand and bear Kingdom fruit). 

As the Kingdom of the World grows louder and louder, the tiny seeds of the Kingdom of God are growing larger and larger. And one glad day under the rule of King Jesus, evil will be gone forever from the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. (Don't just take my word for it; take God's word: Revelation 21 and 22.)