Whether you’re a Christian or not, it’s likely you’ll know of the words of the Lord’s Prayer, where Jesus teaches his disciples to pray: “You’re kingdom come…on earth as it is in heaven”. But what does that mean?
If you’re just looking into Christianity, you’ll perhaps know of people speaking of the “hope” they have, or the “future” they look forward to, or praying for God to bring his “kingdom”. But what will that be like?
If you’re a Christian, then tears and trouble, sadness and suffering are a path we know. Perhaps you’re in the midst of doubt or despair. God’s word points us to a day when the rule of Jesus will be fully seen, experienced, and teaches us to pray into that. But what would that actually look like?
Author Nancy Guthrie beautifully describes it:
No more sickness will be tolerated when his kingdom comes. No more mental illness, no more birth defects, no more metastasized cancer, no more diabetes, no more drug addiction.
No injustice will be perpetrated when his kingdom comes. No ethnic cleansing, no economic oppression, no sexual abuse.
No sinful patterns will be accomodated when his kingdom comes. No gossipy comments. No envious thoughts. No lustful looks.
No natural disasters will bring catastrophe when his kingdom comes. No one will drown in a tsunami or starve in a famine.
When his kingdom comes there will be no darkness, only glorious light; no more tears, only ongoing joy; no more death, only never-ending life.
What a beautiful picture of the Kingdom, that’s what it’s like, and that’s what we ask to burst through when we say “Your kingdom come”. What a universe-shaking prayer to pray…
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