Promoting the Kingdom of God on Earth

I remember as a retail manager how culture was important. I had to develop the kind of work environment that made people attracted to work while salaries were generally lower. “Making work fun” was indeed an ominous task and it was hard to manage the complainers, and “bucket dippers” as I called them, to prevent negativity from ruling the roust. Negative people would often “dip” out of the positivity of others and breed negativity. It’s not much different in the community of the church.

Kingdom Culture– kingdom mindedness. Christ’s Kingdom has been established and those who are His are subject to it. Do we live as subjects of the King? Are our attitudes and actions reflective of Christ-likeness? Kingdom Culture represents a community that shares the attitude that seeks the other person’s best interest and highest good. It grants forgiveness, promotes apologies, seeks reconciliation, makes for peace, restores, repents, encourages, uplifts, and edifies.

On this day and days to follow, I want to consider the aspects of a “Kingdom Culture.” We’ve adopted this motto at our school so that we can keep what is part of the community of Christ on the forefront of our thinking. Our lessons will be surrounding how we, as subjects of Christ’s Kingdom, can serve Him for others’ good and His glory. We will put to practice the attitudes and actions that seek the other person’s best interest and highest good. Our prayer is that this emphasis will translate into a greater abundance of spiritual fruit and increase in the produce of the Kingdom of God. Our place as Warriors and Princesses of a type will help generate an identity that considers what that title means and how we can best honor the Lord who bestowed it on us.