Jesus while teaching his disciples on how to pray told them to start with the following statements; “And He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father, who is in Heaven, hallowed be Your name Your kingdom come, Your will be done, as in Heaven, so also on the earth.” (Luke 11:2)

Jesus clearly defines the father as heavenly, which logically means that the children and consequently the divine siblings of Jesus are also heavenly. They come from a kingdom which is superior to any earthly kingdom. In other words, they are governed and constrained by a superior constitution. He gives credence to God’s kingdom – God’s ability, ingenuity, creativity, wisdom, authority, governance, love, immortality, superiority and omnipotence. Jesus also taught that we should desire God’s will to be done on earth as God desires from heaven.

The strength of every kingdom is known by the territory it controls and influences. That’s why the most influential countries in the world like the USA, Japan, France, etc. are also the most powerful. These countries have tested political cum government institutions, good educational systems and in-depth technological development. They’re always putting in place measures to improve their present state. These countries have put in place structures that always make them relevant in current world affairs. For instance, most of their nationals or scholars produced from their educational system are at the helm of affairs of the biggest organizations and conglomerates in the world.  Today most of the cultural, economic, technological, educational and political systems in the world are designed after the systems that have been designed and deployed in these nations. These great nations have colonized and are still directly or indirectly colonizing many nations the world over.

Christians have the ability to control and influence even more territories than the earthly kingdoms above do. We are of the supernatural Kingdom; we have the creative ability and divine dispensation of God, which is far greater than what best human kingdom can offer. The most startling revelation I’ve ever gotten as a Christian is the fact that I’m not just from the breed with a heavenly lineage (Phil.3:20), but I’m also a holy nation (1 Pet.2:9) – the kingdom of the Father of Lights. Every Christian has been gifted with this status. We’ve been fully equipped with the ability of God (Col.2:10). God the author of heaven and earth, who lives in eternity with His awesome glory inhabits in us (1Cor.6:19-20). God has made us to display his unlimited glory, ability and wisdom to spirits and to humans (Eph.3:9-11).

I’d admonish every Christian today to live in line with the perception of our Kingdom by understanding our power and ability. Our prerogative is to subject ourselves to the dictates of heaven so we’ll always do what God dictates to us. If we live this way we’d naturally replicate our lives and kingdom values in our spheres of contact and beyond.

Emeka I. Ofia