“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;”
– Isaiah 61:1
This is the good news of the Kingdom of God! Though this world is still fallen, Jesus Christ inaugurated His Kingdom when He began His ministry nearly 2000 years ago. The Kingdom is here and growing today. One day Jesus will return and the Kingdom will be made complete.
His Kingdom is a place of healing and wholeness, of abundance, comfort, care, and freedom. As followers of Jesus, we are ambassadors of that Kingdom, proclaiming and working for the blessing of the most vulnerable among us and pointing all to the ultimate healing and freedom available in Christ.
We need to live with a Kingdom mindset that is generous, gracious, and life-giving to the poor, the broken-hearted, the imprisoned, and the enslaved. This is the Kingdom in which we already live and the Kingdom we’re called to advance. “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven…”