The Kingdom Established Through Love

Recently I was reading Psalm 93:1, "The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength; indeed, the world is established, firm and secure."  I was thinking about how God, could have established His Kingdom on earth, through His awesome power and majesty!  He is all powerful, full of majesty, and His words and His voice are awe-inspiring (See Psalm 29)

However, when He came to earth, He chose to come in human form, not as an all powerful man, but rather in humility.  He emptied himself of His divinity and took on our form, and even more humbly, became a servant (Phil 2:6-11).  He lowered Himself to our level and became for us an example of how we should live.  He gave us a new Commandment - that we should Love one another (John 13:34).  In fact, Jesus said that the way people would know that we are His disciples is through our love for one another (John 13:35).  In other words, the outstanding characteristic of His followers, and thus His kingdom, will be Love.  

Jesus talks about the end-times when the Love of many will grow cold in Matt 24:10-14, "At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, ¹¹ and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. ¹² Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, ¹³ but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."

So, let us embrace this main characteristic of God's Kingdom here on earth.  Let us Love one another, and stand firm in that Love!  That we might stand out in a society and culture that is becoming one of hate.

Amen - help us Lord!