A Kingdom Moment

Today’s blog post is contributed by David Trotta:

Philosopy - the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group.

As we learned this week, our philosophy is either aligned to the world or aligned to the Kingdom of God.

A world philosophy puts limitations on our life.  To live a life without limits we must stop living our life by the world’s philosophy and start living our life by the Kingdom of God’s philosophy.

Peter is a classic example of someone with a Kingdom of God philosophy.  In Matthew 14: 28-29 we read Peter replied to Him, “Lord, if it is really You, command me to come to You on the water.” He said, “Come!” So Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

Peter’s Kingdom of God philosophy allowed him to walk on water, even if for a brief period.  The other eleven disciples stayed in the boat where it appeared to be safer, but who do you think had a bigger grin on his face afterwards?

I can imagine Peter describing the feeling as the other disciples listened intently.  They had the knowledge of the miracle that had just occurred, but Peter had the experience.  The feeling you get watching someone jump out of an airplane is much different than actually jumping out of an airplane yourself.

Learn to live your life with a Kingdom of God philosophy and you will be more likely to recognize the Kingdom moments when they are presented, just like Peter did.

I can’t help but think that Peter’s Kingdom moment on the boat paved the way for many other Kingdom moments in his life.  What about you?  Do you want a Kingdom moment?  It all starts with a Kingdom of God philosophy.