THE KINGDOM OF GOD-IS AT HAND

THE KINGDOM OF GOD- IS AT HAND 2,000 years ago The Jewish people Were waiting For a SAVIOR But they didn't recognize him For they Were looking for ONE Who was ALL POWERFUL NOT one Who was ALL LOVE FAST FORWARD 2,000 years And the Christian NATIONS Are again Looking for one Who is ALL POWERFUL COULD it be That we again Have MISSED the BOAT Could it be That one Is coming Who is PERFECT IN LOVE “Jesus said to his disciples,” 'As you go-make this proclamation The KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is at hand'” Matthew 10:7 So many FAILED TO RECOGNIZE The kingdom of heaven Right before Their very eyes Jesus commissioned the twelve To BEGIN their work NOT with the pagans NOT with the Samaritans NOT with the House of Israel And Jesus tells us What his KINGDOM is like TELL us again-Dear Lord- WON'T YOU? “He told them another parable 'The kingdom of heaven Is like a mustard seed Which a man Took and planted in his field Though It is the smallest Of all seeds Yet when it grows It is the largest Of garden plants And becomes a tree So that the birds Come and perch In its branches'” Matthew 13:31-32 And the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Is as NEAR to us TODAY As it was to the people of yesteryear In Jesus' time: “The kingdom of heaven has COME NEAR” Matthew 10:7 And that SAME KINGDOM Is very CLOSE to to us today It is as close as SEEING CHRIST In that next homeless person We see on the street It is as close As that NEIGHBOR OR CO-WORKER Who grates on our nerves And yet we continue to SMILE at them And be KIND any way It is as close As that person Who stands in the back ground Yet WHEN all the work is done STEPS FORWARD To take all thee credit YES-the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR It is in EVERYONE of us Let us look for it WHERE and in whom we can And EXPAND IT Dear Lord-HELP US to see YOUR KINGDOM OF HEAVEN TODAY For it is NEAR As near As we WANT IT TO BE Robert P. Wallman 6-28-15 INSPIER by an article in LIVING FATHMAGAZINE by Melanie Rigney