Kingdom Living

I'm recognizing that a life lived in light of the Kingdom of God is the only way to abundant life-- the life God created us for.
I don't ever want my life to be about anything other than proclaiming the goodness of God and the person and work of Christ. I desire deeply that people would look at my life and see Christ. That they would see his redemptive work and transforming power in my life-- the dying of my old self and the renewed mind toward that of Jesus Christ.
I get discouraged and frustrated to hear of friends who find life with Christ merely an association to him, and not a radical, intimate communion with Him. He created us to be entirely engaged with his work, with the expansion of his reign and rule here on earth... that his kingdom would come to earth as it is in heaven. I want to be apart of that. I want the people i love to be apart of that. To live in community and relationship that would propel each other toward the cross of Christ and the movement of His kingdom to the ends of the earth. I have found joy and purpose. Life Abundant. And i found it in the center of this call on my life and in community with people who desire the same. I'm not settling for anything less.
"But one thing i do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." Phil. 3:12-14
As i follow hard after Christ... i'm asking people to follow likewise.