Brian McLaren recently quoted a friend on his blog and said, “The kingdom of God is always at hand – but it’s never in hand.” I love that. There’s this quality about the Kingdom of God that is always present in our lives but is impossible to control. To grasp for it it to reduce it to something that looks like us.
And then a friend of mine, Jim wrote the following about Brian’s post. He said, “Wow! That hit the spot with what I’ve been wrestling with today. Leaves me still searching for answers, but I loved his response. Thanks!”
The Kingdom of God is like that. It leaves us still searching. The tension of following Jesus is that we can never fully grasp it in a way that we can control it. It leaves us searching for more. But maybe that is a good thing. I find that the things I am completely satisfied in leave me ultimately wanting. The Kingdom of God always leaves me wanting more.
