What if....

-What if we really believed prayers are answered?

-What if our hearts yearned for the time in which Jesus would return, rather than giving the plans we have for our lives today priority?

-What if God was as real to us as the ground we stand on and the food we eat, recognizing that he is just essential for our survival?

-What if we realized that God is completely Sovereign, being wrapped up in every detail of our existence?

-What if we believed that God is completely Providential, giving us everything we need at just the right moment?

-What if we truly trusted the Character of God that has been laid out so clearly in His word, and furthermore materialized in our lives?

-What if we truly loved our neighbor, caring more for their soul than for our own comfort?

-What if we knew, with all certainty, that the same God who supplied food and water for the Israelites everyday for nearly 10,000 days, is the same God who is going to continue to meet our needs daily?

-What if, as the body of Christ, we didn't have to tell people that Christ is alive in us, do to the overwhelming evidence that the Kingdom if Heaven is near through seeing our fruit?

-What if we believed that with Christ living through us the Kingdom of God is upon us? Just as the tabernacle carried the Ark of the Covenant wherever God lead the Israelites, we carry the Holy Spirit wherever God leads us and therefore, we take the Kingdom wherever we go.

---Finally--- What if, because of everything above, each of us knew that we don't have to wait to die in order to know the full peace of God? Christ told us to pray that that the kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. So while the earth will not have perfect peace as it is in heaven, I still know that heaven is on earth in us. God sent the Kingdom to earth 2000 years ago, and I believe he allowed it to return to us through the Holy Spirit. So that we may have no more weeping, no more hurt or pain, no more suffering, for he holds us now. Or as Colossians says, "hold us together."

p.s. -What if all of this became more than a blog? What would it look like if all followers of Jesus began to live out their lives knowing that this life is part of the Kingdom as well. This fake paper and imaginary ink needs to stain our hearts and become a declaration song.

Luke 21:31 "Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near."