I wanted to another little write up about this section of the Lord's prayer to continue our series, but I am having a hard time spitting it out. I will not leave you longing for my thoughts on this, though, as I do have some scattered ideas and a not great talk on this part. First the scattered thoughts:
1. Just as God’s name opens for us the challenge of living holy lives, so to does the prayer for God’s kingdom. To be God’s kingdom people, the people who pray and work and long for the kingdom, means to be a people whose lives are characterized by Kingdom dreams and hopes.
2. “In saying, ‘Your Kingdom come,’ we are acknowledging that faith in Jesus is not simply an idea or an emotion. It is a concrete reality in which we are to become part or else appear to be out of step with the way things are now that God has come into the world in Jesus. When the kingdom comes, we are ‘to repent [i.e., change, let go of our citizenship in the old kingdoms] and believe the good news [i.e., join up, become part of the revolution].” Lord Teach Us. Hauerwas and Willimon, page 51.
And as promised, an entirely mediocre talk on the Kingdom of God:
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