Living in This World with a Mind for the Next
I ran across this C.S. Lewis quote today…
“If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.”
Indeed if I can grasp the consequences and powerful applications to Activated Inaugurated Eschatology (Kingdom Theology) where all of the future, all of heaven, all of God’s power & manifest glory is breaking in now, in this present moment, I will indeed be able to impact the world around me in a very profound way. Jesus walked with such power and authority because He was totally consumed with bringing the Kingdom (God’s future rule & reign) into the present moment in which He was living. When heaven and the work of heaven on earth (Thy will be done here on earth as it is in heaven) consumes me as I walk in this present world, my effectiveness and fruitfulness in this world radically increases.
Jesus’ ministry was all about extending the Kingdom of God (the next world’s glory) into the dryness and darkness of this present age (today). May I, Lord, be consumed this day with a similar vision and purpose. For Your name’s sake!
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