YOUR KINGDOM COME

YOUR KINGDOM COME

Matt. 6:10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.

Let your kingdom come, in my life. That’s where revival must start, it has to start in your own heart. We had morning prayer in our church for many years. It started somewhere around 1979 and became a major emphasis for us in the 1980’s. One of the main things we prayed for consistently during those years is that The Lord would bring revival to New Orleans. We prayed for the churches, the schools, the government officials, we were praying for everyone that God would open their hearts to the move of God. Like many other things, my emphasis of prayer changed in 1994. Suddenly, I saw my own personal need for revival. It came as a convicting, and yes, a painful revelation from God. It was my heart that needed to change. I needed renewal. I needed to return to my first love. Yes, The Lord was answering my prayer for revival but it didn’t look anything like I expected. This revival had to start in my heart. It had to start with my repentance. I had been praying “let your kingdom come” assuming I was already caught up in His kingdom. The change was this, the kingdom had to come and bring change and new life in me. If I wanted revival in New Orleans I must have revival in my soul. Martin Luther spoke powerful about the kingdom of God and its effect on us in his reflections on The Lord’s Prayer.

“We don’t have to seek or ask for joy, happiness, or anything else we may desire. Rather, all of this comes along with God’s kingdom. So to help us avoid wanting what is false and selfish, Christ tells us to seek first God’s kingdom itself, not the fruits of the kingdom. But those who seek the fruits of God’s kingdom seek the back end of God’s kingdom. They seek the last part first, and the first part they value only because of its ultimate benefits.”

Seeking the kingdom is seeking God Himself. The kingdom of God is not meat and drink (physical or earthly things), it is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Kingdom prayer starts with praying for yourself; “let your kingdom come in me Lord”.

That strange revelation that revival had to begin in me was one of the greatest blessings I ever received from The Lord. What started out as painfully convicting, ended quite differently. This revelation led me on my greatest adventure. Through repentance and openness, a fresh move of the Spirit was birthed in my soul. He was making all things new. At that point in my life I had been a born again Christian for twenty-one years. After this new personal emphasis of praying for God’s kingdom to come I was brought back into that first love relationship with Christ. He makes all things new, He was starting with me. So maybe you need to pray this simple prayer along with me today. “Lord let your kingdom come, let your kingdom come in me.”