Thy Kingdom Come

Thy kingdom come.

Thoughts: The Father has the kingdom.  The Father is the king.  It is His kingdom that is coming, and as His heirs it is ours.  But it is not our kingdom apart from Him- but because of Him.  As we are His, so we are heirs of the kingdom.  As we disown Him, we disown our rights to the Kingdom.
    That we pray that the kingdom would come means that it is not here yet.  There is a sense in which the kingdom of heaven is at hand (as Jesus said).  But there is another sense in which the kingdom of heaven is coming- when we get to heaven.  Jesus said that our response to thinking the kingdom of heaven is at hand is to repent.  We want to turn back to God and straighten up in order to be a part of the kingdom that is coming.  When the kingdom comes- if we do not repent- we are not just left behind- we are rolled over.  But if we repent we are given new robes- robes of the kingdom and made fresh.

Prayer: Lord, may your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.  May your kingdom come in me.