What Is The Kingdom of God?

Entering the Kingdom of God is what everyone wants.  It conjures up imagines of sidewalks paved in gold, with pearly gates being guarded by Saint Peter.

Just what is the Kingdom of God?  How do we enter it and can it be obtained while still living on Earth?

The word kingdom means the domain of the King.  The Lord's Prayer, uttered by Jesus said "Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."  So, this kingdom can be experienced while still being in physical form.  It is not relegated to a place after passing from this existence, as a reward for the good we have done. 

The question is "How can we be a part of that domain while being in physical form?"  To answer the question it would be good to understand who or what God is.  According to the Bible "God is Love."  or to rephrase ... Love is God.

In order to be in the Kingdom of God, we need to continue to develop our Love nature.  To be in higher thought forms.  To recognize opportunities to show Love.  Not the kind of love that we see on a daily basis.  "I love you until you do something that annoys me."  Or, "I love you until I meet someone better."  That is conditional love, a love that has conditions tied to it.

Developing unconditional Love, is to Love the way God Loves, to allow others to live their lives and Love them through their journey, not judging, not saying "I told you so."  To be able to see the spark that resides within each person that you meet and have the wisdom to know that that spark is the Love nature that has been given to each of us as God's gift to us.

Eleanor Powell (an old time movie actress and dancer) once said "What we are is God's gift to us, what we become is our gift to God."  It is our work, it is our responsibility to become more and more aware of the Love that surrounds us and is IN us and then to SHARE that essence with others.  The more Love that we generate the more we meld into God's Kingdom, the domain, the territory over which God reigns.

Is this a work that is to be done alone?  On one hand, yes, on a grander scale, no.  We can't expect someone else to develop our ability to Love, however we do have God to help us on our pathway.  It is His/Her desire that the children grow into their capacity to Love generously and purely from the heart.

We have a tendency to be careful with how we spend our money, not wasting it foolishly, always looking for that great bargain and investing in the safest and yet the best interest rate we can find.  So many do the same thing with their love.  Being very careful to size up the person that we just met to see if they are worthy of our energy.  Looking for that special person that might be able to help us with our career, or help us in some other area of our life.  And of course, no one likes to be made a fool out of, so we withhold our caring, our friendship, our love, until they have proven themselves worthy.

WHY WAIT??  Our time here, relatively speaking, is a blip.  Each person we meet is already worthy, otherwise they would not be in your experience.

When people meet for the first time, it is usually with a handshake.  The handshake came into being to prove to the other person that, there were no weapons, that they came in peace.  Nice gesture, it's always good to know that the person you just met isn't carrying a bomb.  And the handshake is still the most popular way of introductions.  I prefer a heart to heart hug, that way they know there aren't any weapons anywhere and that they are accepted as a friend. 

We are not on this journey alone.  When others are carrying a heavy heart due to circumstances, that is when God asks us to give them your helping hand of encouragement and unconditional Love.  

People go to seminary school to learn how to interpret the Bible and yet, we are told to be as little children.  Little children, depending on age, rarely know how to read, much less go to an advanced school of higher learning.  Little children know how to interact and make best friends during recess.  It doesn't take a college education to understand the concept of Love and to implement it. 

Love is the answer to all questions.  When in doubt, do the loving thing and when you do that you are walking on sidewalks made of gold and the trees are dripping with chocolate (OK, maybe the trees AREN'T dripping with chocolate, but that will be put into the suggestion box).

If you have any comments, please contact me at cindalmiller@gmail.com

Let us all walk together in a bond of Love.

Love to you all,
Cinda