One area of study that has been so inspiring for me these past few years & an inspiration behind many of the songs I’ve been writing these past few years is the Kingdom of God. For many it is a piece of their faith that they find it easy to overlook, yet it’s central to Jesus’ Good News.
What we’re left with when we forget about the Kingdom of God is something we’ve all heard a thousand times: You’re a Sinner; God became a man & died on the cross for your sins, & if you ONLY pray to receive Him into your heart, you’ll go to Heaven when you die. And for the most part this is true – BUT it’s not ALL that’s true, & without the greater context of the Kingdom of God, it all sounds a bit trite – as they say “pie in the sky, by and by.” If that’s the WHOLE picture – if the “Good News” is simply that some day you won’t go to Hell, what about till then? What about NOW?