Revolution

What would happen if we all lived as a "mini Jesus?" Would there be a revolution? What would happen if we stop worrying about the things that pharisees, essenes, and zealots do? What would happen if we actually left those tribes and become a whole new tribe that Jesus began? I know we think that we are, but really are we? (If you are confused you need to go back and read the last four (4) post.) We all have elements of these tribal, spiritual sects living in our way of thinking, feelings, behaving.

What if we could become a new kind of Christian? What if we really accepted that Jesus was our Master and we actually lived in the way that He was teaching and is teaching? What would happen if we really did have a revolutionary way of living? Would there, could there be a revolution of life? Could God's kingdom happen right here and right now?

Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."

Luke 17:20-21 (NIV)

Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, 'Look here!' or, 'There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you."

Luke 17:20-21 (The Message)

You see the kingdom of God does not come because we overthrow the kingdoms of earth by force, or make sure we that everyone is holy enough, or because we seperate ourselves from this world and live in our own little commune and wait for the kingdom to come one day. No, the kingdom of God is already living in every one of us who claim that we are Christ followers. We hold the kingdom, through the help of the Holy Spirit, to live the way of Jesus. The follow our Master's teaching and bring love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23) into the world that is in desperate need of them. This does not come by force, but by loving, caring, kind, compassionate action with everyone we come into contact with.

Oh how the world would change if we could lay down being right for the cause of being kind. How the world would change if we truly treat Jesus as Master and we do what the Master says each and everyday in every interaction. Oh how we could usher in the kingdom of God with a revolution of love, of the One True God!

Namaste'