Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Luke 17L21
You have heard, the term: ‘Ask Jesus into your heart.’
That’s the best gift any of us can give Jesus, is the core of our being.
He is God and He takes what we give Him and molds and shapes us into the beings He has created us to be.
Without our desire to follow Him and serve Him,
there will be an inner conflict and toil to let Him rule and reign in our most important part of our world, ourself.
If we never give Jesus our heart, there can be no true fellowship with God.
It takes humility, that is an actual act of laying down one’s life to let the Creator rule and reign in that person’s domain.
Without surrendering to Jesus, there is no true communion and fellowship with God.
When we let Him take over our lives, He will reveal things in us we did not know were there,
He will change us and shape us like a potter does to the clay on his wheel.
But now, O Lord, Thou art our father; we are the clay, and Thou our potter; and we all are the work of Thy hand.
Isaiah 64:8
Even the thief on the cross beside Jesus understood this to an extent.
He knew Jesus was God.
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. Luke 23:42
That is what we all want is for Jesus to remember us when He comes in His kingdom.
We never want to hear the dreaded words, ‘I never knew you.’
So, when Jesus says, The Kingdom of God is within you, is He talking to you?
Have you given over your life so He can dwell in you, as a temple of the living God?
This is not a game. This is life.
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together,
and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
And Jesus answered him,
The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,
and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.
And the scribe said unto Him,
Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul,
and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him,
Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
And no man after that durst ask him any question. Mark 12:28-34
Jesus wants our whole heart,
for us to lay down our desires and serve Him,
for us to take up our cross and follow Him and deny ourselves daily.
His word is full of scriptures on how to follow Him and what He expects.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Proverbs 4:20-27
Do not ignore the commandments in scripture for they are life to thy bones.
Seek them and find them.
Do not ignore them.