Building Our Own Kingdom

There is no need to complicate our calling; we are called to love God and love others. Period. But, sometimes we can lose that focus. 

Instead of serving and loving God and people, we begin to start building our ministry (or our own kingdom), expanding our programs, and we eventually lose sight of our ultimate goal: loving God. Even in the ministry, there is a temptation of building our own kingdom. It doesn't only exist in the work place. Whether you have a regular job or involved in full-time ministry, there is a gravitational pull constantly present: build. 


I don't say this to condemn or judge us as believers, but I say this to exhort us to change our ways! I understand that there is a business aspect of our work place (whether at a church or corporation). But I pray that we would learn to model our life after our primary example: Jesus, whose only agenda (or food) was to do the *will of the Father.* 


I pray that today, whatever we are doing, we would live for His Kingdom and His will and not our own.