For Yours Is The Kingdom

FOR YOURS IS THE KINGDOM. MATTHEW 6.13 (MKJV)

There are about two hundred independent nations in the world today. We see more and more kingdoms of men being established on earth and their will being done in every nation. In these times, we Christians should not only pray, “Your (God’s) kingdom come’, but be asserting in our hearts, ‘Yours (God’s) is the kingdom’. If we are not careful and consistent in doing so, we will be overwhelmed by what is happening around us and in the world. We will lose our faith in God and the hope that one day soon, He will establish His kingdom on earth.

The kingdoms of the earth belong to the Lord God Almighty. But strangely, God has given authority to Satan for a time. He is setting people against God and ruining their lives through self-will and sin. The Bible calls Him, ‘the prince of this world’. Remember, once he tempted Jesus! “The devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him’ ” (Mt 4.8-10). Though the devil had the power to offer Jesus ‘the kingdoms of this world’, Jesus knew that God had the ultimate power and say. He is the only One to be worshipped, even by the Devil.

You and I are to live as citizens of the kingdom of God. To submit to the devil and to give in to his deception is to bring defeat in your life! Instead, you must keep asserting that the kingdom belongs to the Lord - “Yours is the kingdom!” Our declaration will build up our confidence in God and His authority in the world and in our lives. Then, whatever happens in the world, or even to us by the evil devices of the devil, will not shake our faith in the ultimate victory that is ours through our Sovereign Lord God Almighty.

In the book of Revelation we read - The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever” (Rev 11.15).

Dear believer, even as you are assailed by the temptations and evils of the devil each day, keep affirming “Yours in the kingdom”. You will build up your confidence and trust in God and His will, and overcome evil.

Pray and practise with me: Dear Lord, I acknowledge that Yours alone is the kingdom. May You reign in me and make me do Your will. Amen.