It’s Already Inside You
“Being asked by the Pharisees when God’s Kingdom would come, he answered them, “God’s Kingdom doesn’t come with observation; neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.” He said to the disciples, “The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away, nor follow after them,” (Luke 17:20-23 WEB)
The Pharisees and the people of Israel were expecting a conquering Messiah King immediately, but they didn’t understanding that He had to be a suffering Servant first.
Before the Lion could appear in majesty, He had to lay down His life as the Lamb.
The Old Testament does promise that the Messiah will usher in a period of world peace and that He will rule as King from Jerusalem.
However that Millennial Reign of Christ will only happen after His Second Coming.
Just by reading the Old Testament, you can’t tell that God’s plan was to build His kingdom within man.
The Holy Spirit indwelling us makes us God’s kingdom—we are mobile temples of the Living God.
The world is all about the “Look here” and “Look there”.
They want something physical. Statues made of gold and white robes to represent religion.
On top of that, they are always comparing with each other, leading to a never-ending cycle of jealousy, a judgmental attitude and insecurity.
The flesh is all about living by sight.
Satan wants us to have this “Look here, look there” attitude, where we’re always searching on the outside for something physical to try and solve a spiritual issue.
He’s okay with us looking everywhere on the outside, as long as we don’t look in our spirit and realize that we have been made complete in Christ.
We all want to see Jesus face to face. But we don’t have to wait until that happens before we know He’s real, and that He’s already living inside us through His Spirit.
You can already have a conversation with Jesus inside you. He speaks to you in many ways through your spirit.
We are connected to God. His Spirit inside us means that we have access to His wisdom, His power and His grace for every need.
Yes, one day the Kingdom of God will be physically established on earth, and we’ll be able to see it with our eyes.
However, until then, the Kingdom of God is only inside you and in every born-again believer.
If you want to be introspective, behold how righteous and holy you have become in Christ, such that you can have God’s kingdom permanently within you.
This way, you won’t be discouraged from inspecting yourself for sin, but you’ll be strengthened in faith by seeing that you’re perfectly righteous and forgiven in Christ.
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